Patrick Basham

After Welfare, What Comes Next? The American Experience
The 1996 federal welfare reforms law ended the AFDC, and time limits were placed on the length of time a person could remain on welfare. Has this drastic action worked?

Dexter Samida

Looking Southward
We often think of Canada and the US as two different but internally homogenous countries when making comparisons. However, this isn't a true picture

Joel Emes and Andrei Kreptul

Are Welfare Payments Really Too Low?
Claims of unacceptably low levels of assistance to welfare recipients rely on a misrepresentation of Statistics Canada's Low Income Cut-Offs. When Poverty is measured reasonably, welfare assistance is more than adequate for most recepients.

Joel Emes

May Questions and Answers and the May Graph
This month's Q&A and Graph look at the world's largest economies, and show where Canada fits into the mix.

Lydia Miljan

Productivity and the Public
Do Canadians believe that they are more productive than Americans? This author looks at the polls, the claims and the debate.

Joel Emes

Alberta Tops Fiscal Performance Index
The Institute's Fiscal Performance Index measures the performance of Canadian provinces and the US states using variables that reflect changes in spending, changes in government revenue, and changes in the structure of taxation. Once again, Alberta is the big winner.

Jason Clemens & Fazil Mihlar, with Johanna Francis

Increasing Risk and Decreasing Returns no RRSPs and RPPs
Workers forgoe some portion of their current consumption in order to save money uor their retirement. Unfortunately, Canada's current Foreign Property Rule ensures that those accumulated savings are not nearly as large as they should be.

Johanna Francis & Jason Clemens

Are Hospitals and Universities Charities?
Hospitals and universities receive most of their financial support from governments and fees. They are in the business of "meeting human needs", so are defined as charities. Bun making the distinction between quasi-governmental organizations like schools and hospitals and truly charitable organizations is important. Removing these types of organizations from the statistics on the charitable sector reveals a much different picture of charity in Canada

Laura Jones

Environmental Guilt Unwarranted

Martin Zelder

The Economics of Blood

William
McArthur, MD

Canada as a Pharmaceutical Trader: Partner or Pariah?

Gordon Gibson

Is thi Nisga'a Treaty Moral

Kristin McCahon

Editor's Notes