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  1. Foreign Aid Doesn't Help the Poor- Economic Freedom Does

    Appeared in the National Post, 22 September 2006 The drumbeat grows louder for increased foreign aid. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals aim to halve extreme poverty, provide universal primary education, and end the spread of HIV/AIDS. One ...

  2. An Empirical Comparison of Labour Relations Laws in Canada and the United States

    This study evaluates the extent to which labour relations laws bring flexibility to the labour market while balancing the needs of employers and employees. Balanced labour laws are crucial in creating and maintaining an environment that encourages ...

  3. Economic Freedom of the Arab World: 2005 Annual Report

    Economic freedom measures the extent to which individuals, families, businesses, and other organizations are free to make economic decisions without of government interference. Economic Freedom of the Arab World includes 16 nations: Algeria, Bahrain, ...

  4. Start Reforms with Quebec's Labour Laws

      A group of influential Quebecers, led by former Premier Lucien Bouchard, has called on the province to modernize its economy and overcome the inertia of the status quo. The group has recommended tax relief, better education, and a more market-based ...

  5. The Transparency of Labour Relations Boards in Canada and the United States

    The Transparency of Labour Relations Boards in Canada and the United States documents the level of transparency of the 10 provincial Labour Relations Boards in Canada, the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), and the National Labor Relations Board ...

  6. Explaining Canada's High Unionization Rates

    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 ...

  7. Economic Freedom of North America: 2005 Annual Report

    This is the third edition of the annual report, Economic Freedom of North America. The statistical results of this year's study persuasively confirm those published in the previous two editions: economic freedom is a powerful driver of growth and ...

  8. Labour's War on the Liberals: The unintended consequences may be a win for the workers even as the unions lose

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, 13 April 2005 British Columbians are only weeks away from a provincial election and the signs of a heated battle loom large. Jim Sinclair, head of the B.C. Federation of Labour, has made it clear that his organization ...

  9. No Benefit from Canada's Regulated Labour Markets

      Labour conflicts are all around us. The conflict between the NHL owners and the Players’ Association, which led to the cancellation of hockey, still hovers over the country like a storm cloud. You can’t read a newspaper these days without seeing a story ...

  10. Unionism All About Limiting Choice

    Appeared in the National Post, 05 January 2005 Some argue that Canada’s high union rates reflect a more collectivist culture than that of our southern neighbours. At a superficial level, the respective union rates of the two countries supports this ...