Who was Barbara Mitchell?

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Half of Ontario's $33 billion in public health care spending goes to the hospital sector and at least three-quarters of that amount is labour income. Since health spending is the largest single factor affecting provincial finances (and is expected to be over 46 percent of all program spending during the current provincial government's mandate), it is crucial to monitor hospital pay trends.

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The Report Card on British Columbia's Elementary Schools: 2005 Edition collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, accessible document so that anyone can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools. The Report Card assists parents choose a school for their children and encourages and assists all those seeking to improve their schools.

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When any new drug is invented and ready for distribution in Canada, the Canadian government responds by enforcing an automatic ban on its use. This ban is removed for patients who need the drug immediately only under extraordinary circumstances. The general ban is only lifted after the manufacturer has paid a user fee and waited for Health Canada to undertake a lengthy review to certify the safety and efficacy of the medicine.

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There is no question that Canada's parks and protected areas enrich the quality of life of Canadians, providing us with valuable recreational and environmental amenities. Unfortunately, the politics of park management have prevented Parks Canada from considering the full range of policy options that could help secure a sustainable future for Canada's national parks.

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In A Canada Strong and Free , Mike Harris and Preston Manning present a vision to make our country the best democratic federation in the world, offering its citizens the highest quality of life and economic performance, and setting a new standard of international citizenship and leadership. This vision expands freedom of choice and acceptance of personal responsibility in every area of national life and calls for a rebalancing of national priorities.

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The Report Card on British Columbia's Secondary Schools: 2005 Edition collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one easily accessible, public document so that all interested parties - parents, school administrators, teachers, students, and taxpayers - can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools.

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This paper discusses differences between provincial drug plans with respect to breadth of coverage and cost sharing between patients and taxpayers, and introduces two new measurements to describe how provincial Pharmacare plans perform as insurers and how generous they are to their beneficiaries. Finally, we compare these measurements with provinces' spending on their prescription benefit plans and consider which provinces get most value for their taxpayers' money.

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