The Fraser Institute is a leading public policy think tank based in Canada that focuses on the principles of free markets and limited government intervention. The institute conducts research and analysis on various economic and social issues, aiming to promote personal and economic freedom, increase productivity, and improve the quality of life. Its website, fraserinstitute.org, serves as a platform to disseminate their research findings, reports, and publications. The website provides an extensive range of articles, publications, and educational resources to inform policymakers, opinion leaders, and the general public about the potential benefits of free-market policies and the potential drawbacks of excessive government regulation.

2. The Fraser Institute was a leading opponent of anti-smoking laws, and promoted junk science that denied the harmful effects of second-hand smoke.north99.orgIn 1999, the Fraser Institute wrote letters to British American Tobacco begging for more funding, highlighting reports they had done to discredit science around the harms of second-hand smoke.

[4] [4] Trade unions have lambasted the organization for its recommendations to abolish minimum wage regulations and to end rules that force workers covered by a union agreement to pay union dues.wikispooks.comIn 1999, the Fraser Institute raised the ire of scientists and health professionals when it sponsored two conferences on the tobacco industry.

Indeed, the Fraser Institute is all politics, all the time. "The Fraser Institute is actively involved in the Canadian political landscape. Any reporting or suggestion otherwise is a sham."afl.orgIn 2010, for example, the Fraser Institute explicitly communicated to the public calls for laws to be changed, thereby engaging in politics as defined by the CRA.