Who was Barbara Mitchell?

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Although many assume that Canada has one of the best asylum systems in the world, no country emulates Canadian policy. The explanation for this is that, while striving to protect those who are fleeing persecution, other countries also strongly emphasize deterring abuse and the control of illegal immigration. The Canadian system, as currently structured, does not accomplish these objectives and is therefore out of step with an emerging harmonization of asylum determination policies and practices in the developed world.

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Statistics Canada (StatsCan) appears to have mismeasured auto insurance premiums from March 1996 to March 2002, if not generally outside that time range.

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According to Environment Canada, 89% of Canadians believe that their children's health is being affected by environmental threats. For example, many people are concerned about children's pesticide exposures. While people agree that protecting children's health and achieving a clean and safe environment are important, many disagree about how best to attain those goals.

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Headlines about fisheries fiascos in Canada are nothing new: economic and conservation woes plague the historically most important fisheries, salmon on the west coast and cod on the east coast. What have not made the headlines however, are management changes that have saved many of Canada's smaller fisheries such as halibut, sablefish, and sea cucumber.

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Over the past two years, the Fraser Institute has surveyed Canadian companies about the incidence of non-tariff and non-quota trade barriers that companies operating in Canada face when exporting goods and services to the United States.

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Quebec Prosperity: Taking the Next Step investigates Quebec's economic performance, both within Canada and relative to US states, and how this is affected by Quebec's economic policies. A key question addressed is why Quebec's economic performance has consistently been lower than its potential: Quebec's people are poorer and more frequently unemployed than they need be.

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The purpose of this document is to convey to the new prime minister and his government, sets of policy recommendations for some of the most important areas of federal jurisdiction. The authors of these recommendations are experts in their fields.

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