Government-Sponsored Training Programs: Failure in the US, Lessons for Canada

editorial pages editor and a columnist. Mihlar has been nominated twice for a National Newspaper Award for best editorial writing in Canada.Previously, Mihlar managed the Royal Bank Financial Groups public affairs department for B.C. and the Yukon. He also directed the regulatory studies program at The Fraser Institute and managed the small business consulting group at Simon Fraser University.Mihlar holds a B.A. in Economics from Simon Fraser University, an M.A. in Public Administration from Carleton University and a Marketing Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in London, England. He also completed a Certificate Course on Risk Management at Harvard University.Mihlar is the author and co-author of several studies, including The Cost of Regulation in Canada, Federal Regulatory Reform: Rhetoric or Reality? , The Rational Consolidation of Banking in Canada , and Debunking the Myths: A Review of FTA and NAFTA . His articles have appeared in several newspapers, including the Vancouver Sun , Calgary Herald , National Post , and The Globe and Mail .He sits on the board of the Kerrisdale Community Centre Society.

when president of a conservative political association at the University of Calgary and took part in the Fraser Institute Student Leasers' Colloquium in 1996. She did the research for the Environmental Indicators project while a student intern at the Fraser Institute during the summer of 1996, has written articles in the Canadian Student Review, and co-authored two other studies published by the Fraser Institute in 1997. She received her BA in Economics and English from the University of Calgary.