November 2000 Fraser Forum

Features

• Moving Beyond Burnt Church: Property Rights for Atlantic Lobster - Miriam Bixby
  The fundamental problem plaguing the East Coast lobster fishery is the lack of allocated and enforced property rights for all participants
• The Dilemma of Aboriginal Welfare Dependency - Tom Flanagan
  Registered Indians have better standards of living than in the past, but it has not resolved the problem of welfare dependency on reserves.
• The Stockholm Syndrome and Treaty Negotiation - Gordon Gibson
  The policies being advanced by public servants involved in treaty negotiations are 180 degrees opposed to public attitudes. Why is this?
• An International Perspective on Canada’s Aboriginal Title - Owen Lippert
  Research from abroad shows just how much a lack of property rights has hurt the economic prospects of aboriginal peoples on reserves.
• A Constitutional Expert’s Last Word - Barry Cooper & David Bercuson
  Constitutional expert Melvin Smith died recently. He was one of the few questioning the wisdom and the legality of native land claims.
• BC’s Changing Immigration Patterns - Gordon Gibson
  For how long will BC’s new immigrants accede to native demands?

Articles

• A New Way to Fight Organized Crime - Filip Palda
• November Questions & Answers and November Graph - Joel Emes
  How much money do Canadian governments spend per person?
• The Fed’s Mini-Budget: Small Steps in the Right Direction - Jason Clemens & Joel Emes
  A step in the right direction, yes, but we need bigger and bolder steps.
• Socialism and Prosperity? - Gabriella Megyesi
• The Indignity of It All - Karen Selick
• Canadian Hospitals: How Do I Profit From Thee? - John R. Graham
  This analyst finds the profit motive alive and well in his local hospital.
• A Health Policy Tale of Two Provinces - Martin Zelder
  Waiting for health care in Quebec and Saskatchewan.
• Back to the Science of Global Warming - Laura Jones
• An OECD Tax Cartel? - Jason Clemens
• Anne of Green Gables in the Twenty-First Century - Barry Cooper & David Bercuson
  Today, Matthew and Marilla could not adopt Anne. Here’s why.
• The "Luck" Thing - Chris Sarlo
  If luck truly determined where we ended up, then there would be far less income and wealth mobility than we actually see.

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