Returning British Columbia to Prosperity

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About the Authors

Jason Clemens is the Director of Fiscal and Non-Profit Studies and co-ordinator of the Survey of Investment Managers at The Fraser Institute. He has an Honours Bachelors Degree of Commerce and a Masters' Degree in Business Administration from the University of Windsor as well as a Post Baccalaureate Degree in Economics from Simon Fraser University. His publications or co-publications for The Fraser Institute include Canada's All Government Debt (1996), Bank Mergers: The Rational Consolidation of Banking in Canada (1998), the 1998, 1999, and 2000 Non-Profit Performance Report, The 20% Foreign Property Rule: Decreasing Returns and Increasing Risk for RRSPs and RPPs (1999), Preserving Independence (1999), and Flat Tax: Issues and Principles (2001, forthcoming). His articles have appeared in such newspapers as The Wall Street Journal, The National Post, The Globe & Mail, The Vancouver Sun, The Calgary Herald, The Winnipeg Free Press, The Ottawa Citizen, The Montreal Gazette, and La Presse. Mr. Clemens has been a guest on numerous radio programs across the country and has appeared on the CBC National News, CBC Business Newsworld, Global TV, BCTV, and Report on Business TV as an expert commentator. He has also appeared before committees of both the House of Commons and the Senate as an expert witness.

Joel Emes is senior research economist at The Fraser Institute. He is a regular contributor to the Fraser Institute's monthly magazine Fraser Forum,  and co-author of Tax Facts 10 and 11, and Canada's All Government Debt (1996, 1998, and 1999  editions). His articles have appeared in the National Post, the Globe and Mail, the Calgary Herald, the Vancouver Sun and the London Free Press. Mr. Emes is also the primary researcher for Tax Freedom Day and the Institute's provincial and state-provincial fiscal comparisons, the Budget Performance Index and the Fiscal Performance Index. He received his M.A. in Economics from Simon Fraser University in 1995.

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