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| EST. READ TIME 2 MIN.Fraser Forum - November/December 2012: Solving traffic congestion the European way
In this issue:
The price of public health care insurance in 2012
by Nadeem Esmail and Milagros Palacios
Canadian health care is often considered “free” but how much do Canadians actually pay for the care they receive?
How the media covered Occupy Wall Street—and crony capitalism
by Mark Milke
A year ago, the Occupy protests dominated the headlines. This article compares the media coverage of Occupy Wall Street with that of corporate welfare.
Canadian cities can look to London and Stockholm for traffic solutions
by Joel Wood
Can European congestion solutions be adopted in Canada to ease the daily commute?
Western Canada becoming more attractive for investment in petroleum exploration and development
by Gerry Angevine
This year’s petroleum survey found that barriers to investment are disappearing in western provinces, which is sparking more interest in the western region.
Freedom and failed states
by Alan W. Dowd
Overlooking weak, failed, and poorly governed states can affect stronger, well governed countries.
Regulation Review: Is it time to lift the moratorium on offshore oil activity in BC?
by Joel Wood
There are significant deposits of gas and oil resources off the BC coast but current laws prohibit exploration.
Quarterly Research Alert
Our researchers summarize new research on: tax policy, labour market policy, economic policy, and environmental policy.
Canadian labour markets: An assessment
by Nachum Gabler
Strong labour markets are vital to Canada’s economic prosperity. This article studies the current labour market climate in Canada and discusses what needs to be done to keep it strong.
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Nadeem Esmail
Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute -
Milagros Palacios
Director, Addington Centre for Measurement, Fraser InstituteMilagros Palacios is the Director for the Addington Centre for Measurement at the Fraser Institute. She holds a B.S. in IndustrialEngineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Concepcion, Chile. Ms. Palacios has studied public policy involving taxation, government finances, investment, productivity, labour markets, and charitable giving, for nearly 10 years. Since joining the Institute, Ms. Palacios has authored or coauthored over 70 comprehensive research studies, 70 commentaries and four books. Her recent commentaries have appeared in major Canadian newspapers such as the National Post, Toronto Sun, Windsor Star, and Vancouver Sun.… Read more -
Alan Dowd
Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute -
Mark Milke
Mark Milke was a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute between 2010 and 2015. Mr. Milke led the Institute’s workon Alberta-related issues as well as contributing to a broad host of national and regional studies. Mr. Milke is currently an independent analyst and consultant in Calgary.Mr. Milke has authored four books on Canadian politics and policy and dozens of studies on topics such as property rights, public sector pensions, corporate welfare, competition policy, aboriginal matters and taxes. Prior to joining the Fraser Institute, Mr. Milke was the research director for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and former B.C. and Alberta director with the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation. His work has been published widely in Canada since 1997 and in addition to the Fraser Institute, his papers have also been published in the United States by the American Enterprise Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation and in Europe by the Brussels-based Centre for European Studies.Mr. Milke’s opinion columns appear regularly in the Calgary Herald and Globe and Mail, as well as in the National Post, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province, and Victoria Times Colonist. Mr. Milke has a Master’s degree from the University of Alberta where his M.A. thesis analyzed human rights in East Asia; he also has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Calgary where his doctoral dissertation analyzed the rhetoric of Canadian-American relations. Mr. Milke is president of Civitas, and a past lecturer in Political Philosophy and International Relations at the University of Calgary.… Read more -
Joel Wood
Associate Professor of Economics, Thompson Rivers University -
Gerry Angevine
Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute -
Nachum Gabler
Nachum Gabler was a research assistant in the Centre for Canadian-American Relations at the Fraser Institute. He has an M.A. in economics from Boston University.