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The
Economic Freedom
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Contents

August  1997

Preface

Introduction

 

Insufficient demand

New technologies

Payroll taxes

Government downsizing

Bill C-66: Strengthening Unions?

Amendment: prohibition on replacement workers

Amendment: organizing off-site workers

Amendment: air transport contractors

Amendment: remedial certification

Unemployment: Theoretical Considerations

The natural rate of unemployment

Unions and the labour market

Union wage premiums

Wage impacts in non-union firms

Unions, profits and productivity

Unions and investment

Impact of unions on employment

Canada's unemployment problem: structural in nature

Case Study: Britain

The "British Disease"

History of labour legislation

Thatcher's labour market reforms

The impact of labour reforms

Case Study: New Zealand

The second wave of reform

The results of reform

Industries Regulated by the Federal Labour Code

Reforms in the Context of Federally Regulated Industries

Conclusion

References




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