I/M programs were developed during the 1970s in the United States, where government regulations imposing I/M programs spawned a billion-dollar vehicle-testing and consulting industry. In spite of the fact that in the United States, I/M programs have never been shown to provide anywhere near the benefits its supporters promised, the programs continue to be very popular with industry, government bureaucrats, and non-profit organizations.

Waiting Your Turn presents the only comprehensive measure of hospital waiting lists across Canada. The survey measures the extent of health care rationing in the provinces from year to year.

The Costs of Crime: Who Pays and How Much? is a revision of The Crime Bill: Who Pays and How Much? (Brantingham and Easton 1996) that expands and brings up to date the statistics presented in the original publication. The purpose of this primer is to describe (1) what kinds of crime Canadians are exposed to, (2) who is at risk from these crimes, (3) who commits what crimes, (4) what costs the victims face, and (5) what expenditures we make to prevent crime. To understand what changes we may want to make in our criminal justice system, it is important to see the overall patterns of crime and punishment, how they have evolved, and what they have cost.