The Fraser Institute
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SURVEY: Canada no longer top mining investment destination, Fraser Institute says
CALGARY – For the first time in a decade, there are no Canadian jurisdictions in the Fraser Institute’s top 10 investment destinations based on the 2019 annual survey of mining and exploration companies. Saskatchewan continues to be the most attractive…
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Finland takes top spot for investment attractiveness: Fraser Institute
The following is an edited release by the Fraser Institute on the publication of its 2017 Annual Survey of Mining and Exploration Companies by Ashley Stedman and Kenneth P. Green. For more information, visit www.FraserInstitute.org. This survey is an attempt to…
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Saskatchewan the best place to invest, Fraser Institute says
Saskatchewan takes the crown as the most attractive jurisdiction for investment in the Fraser Institute’s Annual survey of mining companies 2016, moving up from second place in 2015, and dethroning Western Australia. The survey’s authors Taylor Jackson and Kenneth Green compiled…
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ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS: Fraser Institute calls for consistent policies for indigenous consultation
VANCOUVER – An inconsistent patchwork of federal and provincial guidelines for consulting aboriginal peoples currently exist across the country, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute. The study, The Duty to Consult with Aboriginal Peoples, spotlights the origins…
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COMMENT: The best of places, the worst of places
Calgary’s Fraser Institute has released its latest ranking of the best and worst places to be a miner. Every year the organization takes a global look at where governments encourage the mineral industry based on government policies that affect investment…
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ABORIGINAL ISSUES: Court decision allows aboriginal title claims to be laid against private parties
TORONTO – An unprecedented Supreme Court of Canada decision, allowing two British Columbia First Nations to file for damages against aluminum industry giant Rio Tinto, could have dire implications for economic development projects across the country, concludes a new study…
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CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Manitoba policy most encouraging for mining investment
Manitoba and Alberta are considered by mining executives as having the best policy environments in the world for mi…
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DOING SOME DIGGING – Five men and the Fraser Institute’s elephant
The latest Survey of Mining Companies released by the Vancouver-based FRASER INSITUTE reminds me of the old joke ab…
