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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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The CPP is a mandatory, employment-related pension system governed jointly by the federal and provincial governments and administered by the federal government. It pays retirement and other benefits calculated in relation to earnings up to a maximum approximating the average wage and charges contributions on earnings between a yearly minimum of $3,500 and the same maximum. Originally set up to run on a pay-as-you-go basis with no significant prefunding of benefits, the CPP underwent reforms in 1998 that trimmed benefits and ramped up contribution rates.