lautan@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 6 months agoCanada’s standard of living on track for worst decline in 40 yearswww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkCanada’s standard of living on track for worst decline in 40 yearswww.telegraph.co.uklautan@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 6 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
The authors of the study said the figures should serve as a ‘wake-up call’ for the country’s Liberal government
minus-squareSamuelRJankis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·6 months agoOut of the many repost of this story since Friday this is most wild claim I’ve seen. It’s on r/Canada level of ignorance. The authors of the study by the non-partisan Fraser Institute I’ve also never seen something with that many citation on Wikipedia. The Fraser Institute is a libertarian-conservative Canadian public policy think tank and registered charity.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
minus-squarei_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 months agoOf course they’re registered as charity… so they can avoid paying tax… What do they give to the community of there a charity?
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoIt seems they missed the air-quotes around “non-partisan”. So easy; see?
Out of the many repost of this story since Friday this is most wild claim I’ve seen. It’s on r/Canada level of ignorance.
I’ve also never seen something with that many citation on Wikipedia.
The Fraser Institute is a libertarian-conservative Canadian public policy think tank and registered charity.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Of course they’re registered as charity… so they can avoid paying tax…
What do they give to the community of there a charity?
It seems they missed the air-quotes around “non-partisan”. So easy; see?