A new report from the Fraser Institute casts doubt on claims that extreme weather events are becoming more common, arguing such assertions by governments and media outlets are not “iron-clad.”

“Many types of extreme weather show no signs of increasing and in some cases are decreasing,” reads the April 18 report, Extreme Weather and Climate Change.

The report warns that based on assertions that have not been proven to be true, governments have been enacting “ever more restrictive regulations” on Canadian consumers of energy products, which have imposed costs on Canada’s economy and its citizens’ standards of living.”

“Claims about extreme weather should not be used as the basis for committing to long-term regulatory regimes that will hurt current Canadian standards of living, and leave future generations worse off,” the report says.