This graph compares employment growth in North America with that in Europe. Approximately 20.3 million Canadians are covered by health benefit programs provided by the private sector. This author explains some of the private sector's concerns. Perhaps we should imitate them. In Defense of Free Trade by Marc Law Trade enables us to separate what we choose to consume from what we choose to produce.
Protectionism can put a damper on the efficiencies of trade.
That's not how it works now. At a recent Student Seminar on Public Policy Issues, this author's talk on Canadian journalists turned into a debate. Paying Your Own Way, Revisited by Chris Sarlo Students in Canada still pay less than half the cost of their own education. Canadian taxpayers continue to pay the lion's share of a university education. This first of three articles detailing the nature of so-called market failures focuses on market power and monopolies.