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.

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.

Since 1997, The Fraser Institute has conducted an annual survey of metal mining and exploration companies to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulation affect exploration investment. Survey results represent the opinions of exploration managers in mining and mining consulting companies operating around the world. As the popularity of the survey has grown, we have expanded it to include more jurisdictions.