Economic freedom reduces violent conflict between nations, according to new research

The Yukon's secondary schools generally follow the British Columbia curriculum and its grade 12 students participate in the same final exam in key academic courses as British Columbian students do. Since these exam results for the basis for the annual Report Card on British Columbia's Secondary Schools and since all the data to calculate the overall rating out of 10 are now available, we will include the Yukon schools in the BC Report Card starting with the 2006 edition to be released next spring.

This Alert explores the reasons for the significant divergence in Canada's unionization rate with that in the United States. Many Canadians support the notion that Canada's relatively high unionization rate is a result of democratic choice by workers. This study shows a number of important alternative explanations for Canada's higher unionization rates also exist, yet are largely ignored.

This 2005 edition of How Good is Canadian Health Care? provides answers to a series of questions that are important to resolve if Canada is to make the correct choices as it amends its health care policies. In this study, we primarily compare Canada to other countries that also have universal access, publicly funded, health care systems.