In this study, we examine four key components of prosperity in Ontario. First, we evaluate Ontario's economic performance. Second, we present research on the relationship between the size of government in a jurisdiction and its economic performance. Third, we evaluate tax policy. Fourth, we evaluate Ontario's performance in balancing its books and managing its debts.

The papers in this book draw on insights about the nature and effects of taxation that were developed since Canada's last major tax reform and incorporates empirical information about the incentive effects of taxes on work, investment, and risk taking.

The Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2003 Edition collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, easily accessible public document so that anyone can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools. By doing so, the Report Card assists parents when they choose a school for their children and encourages and assists all those seeking to improve their schools.

This annual Report Card uses relevant, publicly-available data to rate and rank 766 of Alberta's public, separate, private, charter, and francophone elementary schools. This is the only comprehensive and widely-distributed Report Card on elementary schools available in Canada.