Eight Distortions and Other Problems in the Fraser Institute’s Report Card
The Fraser Institute says its report card is based on the Foundation Skills Assessment tests written by children in Grades 4 and 7 across the province. But is it really? 1. The actual FSA results...
View ArticleWhy Harper wants more poor Canadians
Is Stephen Harper’s goal for Canada the United States of today? That would mean a nation in which somewhere between a half and a third of its citizens have fallen into poverty or are hovering just...
View ArticleFollow the Money, Part 1 — The Weston Family
You’ve seen him in television ads hyping President’s Choice dessert ideas, naming fake supermarkets after enthusiastic customers, sitting down with moms around the kitchen table and talking to...
View ArticleFollow the Money, Part 2 — Barrick Gold’s Peter Munk
The Fraser Institute awarded Barrick Gold chairman Peter Munk its T.P. Boyle Founder’s Award at a gala dinner in Toronto in 2010. This is the think tank’s most prestigious award, which it gave to Munk...
View ArticleFollow the Money, Part 5 — The Tobacco Papers Revisited
Michael Walker, former executive director of the Fraser Institute, long denied that institute directors—the people who fund the institute’s work—can tell researchers what to do. According to this rosy...
View ArticleFollow the Money, Part 6 — Obesity: A new role for...
Last week I wrote about tobacco industry funding for Fraser Institute research that “proved” second-hand smoke doesn’t cause cancer. You may think that’s ancient history. And in one sense you’re...
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