Fraser Institute

Anti-business policies hurting corporate Montreal

Posted on February 23, 2013

Of Canada’s top 500 companies measured by gross revenue, 96 were located in Montreal in 1990. By 2011 (the latest year of available data), there were 75—a decline of 21.9 per cent.

Peru's social conflict is about more than mining

Posted on September 11, 2012

Since the mid-1990s, peru's mining sector has had remarkable growth. This followed structural reforms, including the privatization of mines, which resulted in significant foreign investment.

Manitoba ranked as best Canadian jurisdiction for oil and gas investment followed by Saskatchewan and Alberta in new global survey

Posted on June 27, 2012

Manitoba is the best place in Canada for oil and gas investment, based on the opinions of petroleum executives and managers who participated in the annual Global Petroleum Surveyreleased today by the Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think-tank.

Restricting U.S. imports of Canadian oil ignores America's dependence on imported oil and will force it to buy oil from repressive governments

Posted on July 20, 2011

Attempts to restrict U.S. imports of Canadian oil ignore the reality of U.S. dependence on foreign oil and could force America to buy oil from repressive governments that restrict civil, political, and economic freedoms, concludes a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think-tank.

Saskatchewan trumps Manitoba as top Canadian province for oil and gas investment, Alberta improves score in global petroleum survey

Posted on June 27, 2011

Saskatchewan has overtaken Manitoba as the best place in Canada for oil and gas investment, the Fraser Institute's annual survey of the petroleum executives and managers found.

But Saskatchewan fell just short of finishing among the top 10 jurisdictions globally, ranking 11th overall in the survey of 136 jurisdictions, according to the public policy research institute's 178-page Global Petroleum Survey 2011, which was released today