Tax Freedom Day Media Advisory

Contact:

Suzanne Walters, Director of Communications
The Fraser Institute, (604) 714-4582, Email: suzannew@fraserinstitute.ca

Release Date: 26 June 2000

VANCOUVER,BC>>>The Fraser Institute will announce the date of this year's Tax Freedom Day during the week of June 26, 2000. The full text of the media release and the Institute's Personal Tax Freedom Day Calculator will be available at the Institute's web site at www.fraserinstitute.ca.

Tax Freedom Day is the day of the year that Canadians finally start working for themselves. All money earned prior to this day goes to one of three levels of government: federal, provincial, or local. The Fraser Institute calculates Tax Freedom Day in order to provide a simple, easy reference point about the impact of the most complex and intrusive activity of government - its tax collecting apparatus.

Established in 1974, The Fraser Institute is an independent public policy organization based in Vancouver.

For further information contact:

Suzanne Walters, Director of Communications,
The Fraser Institute, (604) 714-4582,
Email suzannew@fraserinstitute.ca

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