July 1999 Fraser Forum

	July 1999 - Contents

	Features
Joel Emes & Michael Walker	Tax Freedom Day 1999 The calculations are done and the results are in! Canadians worked until June 30 this year to pay the total tax bill imposed on them by all levels of government. Is this year the start of a turnaround?

Premier Ralph Klein	The Alberta Advantage Thanks in part to The Fraser Institute, governments in Canada are on the right path. They may have a way to go, but they are finally headed in a direction that makes sense.

Joel Emes	July Questions and Answers and July Graph How big is Canada's government sector' particularly compared to that of the US?

	Articles
Filip Palda	A Few Good Men Ottawa is reviving a gag law on citizen's groups and Quebec is trying to cenralize municipal functions. Here's the problem... and a way around it.

Dexter Samida	Freedom in the Grocery Aisle The Advantages of living in a relatively free society abound, but not only because of the higher incomees that those of us in freer countries enjoy, but also because of the variety of choices we have about what we consume.

William McArthur, M.D.	The Doctor Shortage (Part 2) Provincial governments provide the funding for medical training. Cutbacks in government funding have resulted in cutbacks in postgraduate positions, hence, the shortage of new doctors. This author offers a solution.

Lydia Miljan	Imbalance on CBC Web Site Links CBC's Internet site provides "links" to the sources of the information for the news item. Interestingly, the links on CBC's web site focus on government sources.

Chris Sarlo	Are Canadians Better Off Now Than They Were Ten Years Ago? Houshold wealth has increased solidly between 1986 and 1996. But while economic well-being has improved over the period, it is not that impressive. Besides, many more factors make up well-being than purely quantifiable ones.

Jason Clemens	Institute Survey Reveals that Taxes and Paul Martin are Key Issues Results from the Spring 1999 Fraser Institute Survey of Senior Investment Managers are in. Eighty-three porcent of senior investment managers indicated that the high level of taxation in Canada was the most important issue facing the federal government.

Jason Clemens	The Faces Behind the Foreign Property Rule This article puts a human face on the 20 percent foreign property rule (FPR) which applies to RRSP cantributions in Canada.

Patrick Basham & Johanna Francis	Dangerous Precedents The authors review Martin Soney's book, The Pursuit of Division: Race, Gender and Preferential Hiring in Canada.

	Editorials, Etc.
	The Fraser Institute's New Building Opens In Style

	Editor's Notes

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