Fraser forum November

The
Economic Freedom
Network

How Serious is
POVERTY
IN CANADA?

How Many Canadian Children are Truly Poor?

Poverty as a Prohibited Ground of Discrimination: A Very “Poor” Idea

Poverty Reporting in the Media: A Tale of Two Newspapers

Contents

	Editor’s Notes
	Fraser Forum is published 12 times a year by The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
	COVER STORIES
Chris Sarlo	Child Poverty in Canada Every year around this time, we hear that child poverty is getting worse. But is it?
Lydia Miljan	A Tale of Two Newspapers Is the increase in concentration of newspaper ownership a bad thing?
Karen Selick	A Very “Poor” Idea Michelle Falardeau-Ramsay has been campaigning to have “poverty” included as a prohibited ground of discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act.
	ARTICLES
Filip Palda	In Case of Hernia, Dress as a Cat Animals have it better than humans do when they’re sick. Competition explains why.
Andrew Kosnaski	It’s Medicare, Stupid ... Or Is It? You might think that Canadian taxes are high compared to those in the US because we have an expensive public health care system and they don’t. Think again.
William McArthur, MD	Are Brand Name Drugs Too Expensive? Brand name drug prices are high because researching and developing new pharmaceuticals is costly and time consuming. The alternative is even less attractive.
Fazil Mihlar	What is Happening to Canadian Productivity? The Canadian economy is being choked by regulation. Regulations impose higher costs which affect the prices Canadians pay for goods and services.
Jason Clemens and Johanna Francis	Ranking Private Generosity This study ranks individual generosity from province to province.
Joel Emes Joel Emes	November Questions and Answers November Graph
Gordon Gibson	Persisting on the Road to Uncertainty Now that the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled on Quebec separation, what is in store for the future?
Owen Lippert	Our Environment is Still Safe One law for Canadian and American companies poses no threat to the environment
Chris Sarlo	What Has Happened to Canadian Living Standards? What has happened to the middle class? Is it growing or shrinking?
Patrick Basham and Jason Clemens	Canadian Banks: Financial Intermediaries or Agents of Redistribution? The authors argue that banks should pursue commercial, rather than social, objectives.
	INSTITUTE NEWS
Michel Boucher	Insitute Release: Quebec Government Policies Assessed Quebec has attempted fiscal restraint, but at the expense of innovation in many areas.
Michael Walker	Is There a Global Economic Crisis? Are we in a global economic meltdown? This author says no.
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