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| EST. READ TIME 1 MIN.Accounting Profession in Alberta
This book is one in a series produced by the Fraser Institute which scrutinizes the activities of professions in Canada. The purpose of the studies is to subject these occupational monopolies to the same searching analysis which the Institute applies to the activities of trade unions which are the other major group in society to whom legislation gives powers to restrict entry. This book studies a particular instance where a government is under pressure to tighten the cartelizing powers given to the accounting profession in the Province of Alberta. The objective of Professor Alexander Jenkins is to assess the current conditions under which the services of accountants are provided in the Province of Alberta and to enquire whether the general public in that province will be well served by a tightening of professional control - in particular, enshrining in law that audits in the province may be conducted only by the members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.
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Alexander Jenkins
Alexander Jenkins completed his undergraduate studies in economics and commerce at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario,where he graduated with an Honours B.A. in 1968. After completing a statutory three-year period of service as an officer in the Canadian Forces, he resumed his studies in economics at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, completing the M.A. degree in 1972 and the Ph.D. degree in 1977 with areas of specialization in industrial and labour economics.After lecturing in economics during 1974-75 at Huron College in London, Ontario, Mr. Jenkins took a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta. He was promoted to his current rank of Associate Professor of Economics in 1980. Dr. Jenkins has since pursued a number of research endeavours including studies of the hospital, telecommunications and real estate brokerage industries and the process of wage formation in the construction sector, with papers appearing in Applied Economics, Construction Management and Economics, and the Journal of Economics. He has also acted as a consultant to the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Esso Resources, the Construction Labour Relations Association (Alberta), local legal practitioners and other agencies.Currently Dr. Jenkins teaches courses in industrial and labour economics at the University of Alberta and is involved in consultancy with the Correctional Service of Canada. He is also examining the effects of Canadian competition policy on the service sector and is about to begin a study of the brokerage function in the Canadian economy.… Read more