More fibs from the Fraser Institute (Canadian Dimension)

In Canada, there are several major right wing think tanks, which generally enjoy favourable coverage from the mainstream political press. In the absence of countervailing institutions on the left, these groups operate without oversight and frequently publish misstatements and lies.

The Fraser Institute’s most recent commentary, a critique of the Trudeau government’s fall economic statement, is a great example. Fraser’s longstanding position is that Canada is somehow a left-wing country (despite being to the right of almost every other developed nation). Because of the delta between the truth and Fraser’s position, their critique is an amusing exercise in right-wing spin.