Provincial Economic Freedom in Canada 1981-1998

In its simplest form, economic freedom involves the freedom to make choices, freedom of exchange, and protection of private property. Any major impediment to the exercise of these rights as a result of intervention by government is a violation of economic freedom. The freest of economies will operate with a minimal amount of government interference, relying upon personal choice and markets.

Because it is the first modern treaty in British Columbia, the draft Nisga'a Treaty has properly come under close scrutiny. It will inevitably set benchmarks by which dozens of further treaties will be measured.

The book explains that cities suffer from three problems: lack of user fees, too much public ownership of city services, and lack of city democracy. These problems combine to make the city an open field where citizens graze on services without restraint, public employees feed on taxpayers, and voters are powerless to change the city for the better.