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The Fraser Institute has released a report by Ross McKitrick, Environmental and Economic Consequences of Ontario's Green Energy Act, which brings to light the increasing cost of energy in the province and predicts an increase of 40 to 50 per cent over the next few years. It supports that Ontario's Green Energy Act is causing energy prices to soar and is now 10 times costlier than an alternative that would have yielded the same benefits. Read the full release from the Fraser Institute.

Featured in the Financial Post, Associate Professor Sean Lyons' research shows that by the age of 30, employees in this age group have changed jobs three times as often as those in older groups. As a result, it may be unrealistic to retain Millenials and instead maximize the opportunity while they are currently with the company. Read the article Trying to retain Millenials may be futile, so get the most out of them while you can.

Associate Professor, Theo Noseworthy's research suggests that people are less likely to spend crisp, clean bills and is featured in Metro News. The study co-authored by University of Winnipeg's Fabrizio Di Muro, studied the spending habits of consumers who were given either crisp or worn bills. Read the full article The crisper the bill, the less likely you'll spend it.

Professor of Economics, Ross McKitrick's special to the Financial Post, discusses the 11,000-year study's 20th century claim on temperature reconstructions. The study, A reconstruction of regional and global temperature for the past 11,300 years, made a discovery that 20th century warming was a wild departure form anything seen in over 11,000 years. A claim, that over the weekend, they admitted was groundless. Read McKitrick's full article.

Kennedy Crawford and Alyssa de Hoop not only won the title of Canada's Next Top Ad Exec, but were also each awarded a brand-new 2013 Chevrolet Cruze as the winners of this national advertising and marketing case competition. Run by McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business, Canada's Next Top Ad Exec (CNTAE) challenges students across Canada to create a marketing campaign for a new Chevrolet vehicle. The top ten teams were brought to Toronto last night to pitch their ideas in front of a panel of 25 high powered industry executives.

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