October 1999 Fraser Forum

	October 1999 - Contents

	Features
Peter Cowley	Does the Public School System Favour High-income Students Why do the students at some schools do better than those at others? Is the school more effective, or are the students just blessed with a high-income, well-educated family?

Chris Sarlo	Measuring Child Poverty "Relative poverty" is not the cause of long term disadvantage for children. What harms them is real deprivation. The distinction needs to be made.

Lydia Miljan	CBC4Kids Gives a Poor Primer on Poverty CBC4Kids web site is supposed to be an "oasis for teachers and young learners." But is it a safe place for children’s minds? Does it inspire critical thinking and analysis?

	Articles
Filip Palda	Canadian Patients Unite It is a long time since we have had the chance to sample full private health care in Canada, but there are signs that people are looking for change.

Jock Finlayson	Rifkin Revisited In The End of Work, Jeremy Rifkin paints a gloomy picture of "jobless growth," "de-skilling," and falling incomes. This article looks at the performance of the Canadian and US labour markets against the backdrop of the "end of work" hypothesis.

Joel Emes	October Questions & Answers and October Graph How much tax do corporations pay, and has the share of government revenue from enterprises fallen over the last three decades?

Claudia Rebanks Hepburn	The Little Policy that Could: How a Few Schools are Changing American Education Many charter schools have earned excellent reputations for helping ordinary children make extraordinary academic progress, but they are also responsible for a much greater accomplishment: revitalizing the schools around them.

	Institute’s New Premises ... Much Appreciated

Paul Coninx	Alternatives to BC’s AirCare and Ontario’s Drive Clean The single most important factor in reducing vehicle-caused air pollution has been the application of good technology based on sound science. So what is all this vehicle testing doing for us and the environment?

Owen Lippert	Fixing Canada’s Patent Law, and Washing Dirty Dishes: Just Do It The shortcoming in Canada’s disputed Patent Act might seem small, but it affects up to 67,000 patents. Canada’s reputation as a country that honours its promises is at risk.

Daniel McKivergan	Engineering Progress: How Two Foundations are Helping Build the Future of Medicine Biomedical research has made many medical advancements possible. Two private US foundations were there first to help jump-start this revolution in medical technology.

Martin Zelder	Economic Intelligence Briefs

Martin Zelder	Rhetoric Can’t Hide the Reality of Medical Waiting Our health ministers may think Canada is "a highly desirable, healthy place in which to live." The evidence from the ninth edition of Waiting Your Turn starkly refutes this.

John J. Furedy	Do unionized Canadian professors get more politically correct advice on how to teach than their non-unionized counterparts?

	Fraser Institute Founding Chairman Passes Away

Kristin McCahon	Editor's Notes

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