Fraser Forum Contents

	January 1999 - Contents

	Cover Stories
David Stewart-Patterson	Brain Drain Cuts Our Tax Take Too The flow of Canadians to the US undermines our tax base and threatens our services.
Don DeVoretz	The Brain Drain... or Gain? Canada’s brain drain involves small numbers but big problems. Here’s a short history.
Fazil Mihlar	A Cure for What Ails British Columbia British Columbia’s government should cut spending, enact a reduction in the basic provincial income tax, and a substantial cut in the top marginal tax rate over 3 years.
	Articles
Jason Clemens	*Why Isn’t Paul Martin Looking Out for the Real* Shareholders?** In denying the bank mergers, Paul Martin has nixed savings for consumers, and tarnished Canada’s international reputation as a place for investment.
Joel Emes	January Questions and Answers How have federal spending priorities changed over the last 30 years?
Joel Emes	January Graph
Matthew Rees	Moving Expectations Up A review of Overcoming Welfare: Expecting More from the Poor—and from Ourselves.
Lydia Miljan	The Milewski Affair and the Question of Balance Putting aside how Terry Milewski got his APEC story, the question left hanging is whether his coverage was actually balanced. Here are the statistics.
Chris Sarlo	The Urban-Rural Divide Is there any significant difference in the living standards of urban and rural residents?
Michael Taube	The Debate over the Role of the Welfare State A review of Retooling the Welfare State: What’s Right, What’s Wrong, What’s to be Done.
Martin Zelder	Death in Winnipeg: How Medicare Makes Villains out of the Sawatzkys, their Doctors, and Us Should the law influence whether one chooses to live or die? The simplest economic analysis would say no. The realities of the Sawatzky case and the Canadian medical system modify this conclusion, however.
David Gratzer	Waiting Lists Cannot Be Ignored Despite the claims of a few “experts,” surgical waiting lists are forcing many patients to endure long-term physical pain.
	Letters to the Editor
Fazil Mihlar	Tenth Anniversary of the FTA is an Occasion to Celebrate The FTA and NAFTA have helped to make Canada more attractive to investors.
Patrick Basham and Jason Clemens	If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Ban ‘Em! Tax havens offer comparatively confidential, equitable, and simplistic tax systems. Now there is a move afoot to ban them.