The 1999 budget provided an opportunity for the federal government to create the conditions under which Canadians could improve their investment returns and, at the same time, reduce portfolio risk through increased diversification. This they could have done by eliminating the Foreign Property Rule (FPR). Instead, bound to an antiquated and discredited industrial policy, the federal government chose to maintain the FPR.

This study reviews the consequences of the exceptional rise in government spending in Canada that was sustained from World War II through the early 1990s.

Who does better in school: boys or girls? Earlier in the decade much was written about the disadvantages that girls faced in the classroom. More recently it has been suggested that, in fact, it is the boys who are getting short-changed. Importantly, we find no conclusive evidence in the research that suggests that boys and girls are destined to achieve at different levels in any aspect of the academic program.