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Jason Clemens joined The Fraser Institute in 1997 as a Policy Analyst after having worked as a student intern at the Institute during the summer of 1996. He has a B.Comm. (Hons) and an M.B.A. from the University of Windsor and a post-Baccalaureate diploma in Economics from Simon Fraser University. He was a co-author of The Fraser Institute's 1996 report, Canada's All Government Debt and has written or contributed to 14 articles for Fraser Forum in the last year. His articles have appeared in several major newspapers including The Financial Post, The Ottawa Citizen, The Calgary Herald, The Montreal Gazette, and The Winnipeg Free Press. He is also co-author with Dr. B. J. Punnett of Cross-National Diversity: Does It Affect International Expansion Decisions, a paper investigating the effect of cultural diversity on international investment decisions. At the Institute, he is a coordinator of the Survey of Senior Investment Managers and is currently compiling a report on performance in the non-profit sector as well as a study of the foreign content restrictions in RRSPs.

Marc T. Law worked as Economic Researcher at The Fraser Institute until August 1998 when he began doctoral studies in economics at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He has a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from the University of British Columbia and an M.A. in Economics from Queen's University. He has been the author or co-author of a number of studies including The Federal Liberal Government in Action: A Report Card Issued to the Chretien Government, The Harris Government: A Mid-Term Review, Debunking the Myths: A Review of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement and Is There a Youth Unemployment Crisis? His articles have appeared in several newspapers, including The Financial Post, The Calgary Herald, and The Edmonton Journal.

Fazil Mihlar joined The Fraser Institute in 1994 and is now Director of Regulatory Studies. He is the author of several reports on the economic performance of provincial governments, and has written reports and articles on subjects ranging from labour-market policy to regulation. His latest publications include Regulatory Overkill: The Cost of Regulation in Canada (1996; Unions and Right-to Work Laws: The Global Evidence of their Impact on Employment (1997); and Debunking the Myths: A Review of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement (1998). He is also a coordinator of the Survey of Senior Investment Managers and the Centre for Economy in Government. His articles have appeared in several newspapers including The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post, The Calgary Herald and The Vancouver Sun. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Simon Fraser University, an M.A. in Public Administration from Carleton University, and a Marketing Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in London, England.

Johanna Leigh Francis is an Economic Researcher at The Fraser Institute. She received her B.A. (Hons) and M.A. in Economics from McGill University. She has been the co-author of a number of articles in Fraser Forum about the contribution of volunteers to the non-profit sector and her articles have appeared in such newspapers as The Montreal Gazette and The Calgary Herald.

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