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This paper has two purposes. First and principally it is a critical examination of the evidence for a growing gap in Canada. The paper will attempt to look at inequality in a somewhat broader context than is customary. Evidence drawn largely from household-spending data files as well as from household facility-ownership data and household net-worth data can shed additional light on the trend in inequality for Canada. Second, the paper will examine the issue of data reliability in the context of the measurement of inequality.

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The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: British Columbia 2009 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of acute-care hospitals in British Columbia.

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This study examines and measures the costs and benefits of federal bilingualism in the government of Canada's official languages policies in 2006/07. The paper is divided into three main parts: the first presents the legal framework, the second presents the costs of these policies, and the third presents the benefits of these policies.

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Report Card on Washington State's Elementary Schools 2009 2009-05-06 The Report Card on Washington's Elementary Schools 2009 collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one easily accessible public document so that anyone can analyze and compare the pe

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The Canadian tax system is complex and no single number can give a complete idea of who pays how much.

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The issue of global warming is the subject of two parallel debates: one scientific, focused on the analysis of complex and conflicting data; the other political, addressing what is the proper response of government to a hypothetical risk.

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The Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2009 collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, easily accessible public document.

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