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  1. Worker Choice Laws Pro-worker, Not Anti-Union

    Appeared in the Toronto Star, 06 September 2004 Most Canadians are well aware of the pitfalls of regulated monopolies: no real competition, no choice, less efficiency, and lower quality products and services. It is surprising, then, that our labour ...

  2. Measuring the Flexibility of Labour Relations Laws in Canada and the United States

    Measuring the Flexibility of Labour Relations Laws in Canada and the United States evaluates the extent to which the rules established by labour relations legislation bring flexibility to the labour market while balancing the needs of both employers and ...

  3. Fraser Forum- March 2004: Families and the State

    In this issue: BC’s Dependency-inducing U-Turn on Welfare Reform by Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, and Sylvia LeRoy The BC government recently de-legitimized one of Canada’s most important social welfare reforms to date. It’s the poor who’ll pay. Private ...

  4. Economic Freedom of North America: 2004 Annual Report

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

  5. Tax and Expenditure Limitations: The Next Step in Fiscal Discipline

    Canada as a nation and its constituent provinces have travelled a difficult path over the better part of the last decade to achieve balanced budgets. It is critical for Canada and the provinces to take the next step on the continuing path towards fiscal ...

  6. Ontario Prosperity, Is Best of Second Best Good Enough?

    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. ...

  7. Economic Freedom of North America: 2002 Annual Report

    The index of the Economic Freedom of North America is an attempt to gauge the extent of the restrictions on economic freedom imposed by governments in North America. This study employs two indexes. The first is the subnational index, which measures the ...