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1. The Changing of the Guard in Hong Kong

     Next week the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, C.H. Tung, will appoint a new Chief Secretary for Administration following the recent resignation of Mrs. Anson Chan Fang on-sang. The perception that disgruntled Marxist meddlers in Beijing may be behind the ...

2. The Future of the Left

     I am prompted to the task by two things which happened last week. First, I spent it in China. Second, I was asked to have a conversation on my return on the topic of the future of the left with Charley Gordon, the thoughtful left leaning columnist for ...

3. Alternative Medicine in Canada: Use and Public Attitudes

   The Fraser Institute conducted a Canadian national survey to determine the prevalence, costs, and patterns of alternative medicine use, such as chiropractic, naturopathic, and herbal therapies. We questioned respondents on their attitudes towards both ...

4. The 1999 Report Card on British Columbia's Secondary Schools

   The 1999 Report Card on British Columbia's Secondary Schools 1999-03-01 In March 1998, the Fraser Institute published A Secondary Schools Report Card for British Columbia (hereafter, Report Card 1998). For the first time, a variety of relevant, ...

5. Using Cash Rebates for Tax Relief Without Risk

   Since 1994, Paul Martin's fiscal policies have eliminated the budget deficit which had threatened Canada with serious financial instability. His prudent budget forecasts and the use of a contingency reserve have restored public faith in the budget ...

6. Provincial Economic Freedom in Canada 1981-1998

   In its simplest form, economic freedom involves the freedom to make choices, freedom of exchange, and protection of private property. Any major impediment to the exercise of these rights as a result of intervention by government is a violation of economic ...

7. How to Use the Fiscal Surplus

   When the conference How to Spend the Fiscal Dividend: What is the Optimal Size of Government? was planned in the summer of 1997, the Government of Canada was expected to present a balanced budget in the upcoming fiscal year 1998/99 and, if tax rates and ...

8. A Secondary Schools Report Card for British Columbia

   A Secondary Schools Report Card for British Columbia collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one easily accessible public document so that all interested parties-parents, school administrators, teachers, students, ...

9. Fraser Forum- February 1998: Canada's Health Care System: Ideas for Reform

   In this issue: Don't Believe Everything the "Experts" Say About Health Care by David Gratzer Experts oppose the "user fee" approach to health care because they believe that fees deter people from obtaining necessary care. How to ...

10. Fish or Cut Bait!

    Today, only a few years after the collapse of the Atlantic cod stocks, the evidence that the Pacific salmon fishery is facing a similar crisis is overwhelming. Conservation and the fleet's economic viability are now at stake. The federal government& ...