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Fifteen years of "free trade"
OTTAWA--Free trade's promises of a significant boost to productivity growth and positive restructuring of Canadian industry have been largely unrealized, according to a report released today by...
December 4, 2003 | National Office
Taking another look at Martin's fiscal legacy
OTTAWA--Paul Martin's sterling reputation as the deficit hero may not be entirely justified, according to a study released today by the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) project, coordinated by the...
November 28, 2003 | National Office
FTAA trade negotiators should heed lessons from NAFTA
OTTAWA-Trade ministers from Canada and 40 other countries in North, Central and South America are meeting in Miami this week to try to reach agreement on establishing a Free Trade Area of the...
November 18, 2003 | National Office
Cancel private hospitals
Toronto - Four prominent economists and a former director of audit operations with Canada's Auditor General released a report today that is sharply critical of controversial "public-private-...
November 6, 2003 | National Office
Alternative Federal Budget predicts substantial surpluses and spending room, despite Ottawa's fear mongering
Ottawa--Despite John Manley and Paul Martin's repeated warnings of a dismal fiscal outlook, the Alternative Federal Budget's calculations show Canadians can expect an underlying federal surplus of...
October 31, 2003 | National Office
L’Alternative budgétaire pour le gouvernement fédéral prévoit d’importants surplus et des réserves pour les dépenses, malgré la campagne de peur d’Ottawa
Ottawa—Malgré la...
October 31, 2003 | National Office
For cash and future considerations
OTTAWA--Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), while promoted as an innovative approach to the provision of public goods and services, are playing a damaging role in Ontario's universities, according...
September 24, 2003 | National Office, Ontario Office
Rough trade
OTTAWA--The draft text of the World Trade Organization's declaration submitted to the upcoming "Ministerial" session in Cancun, Mexico, is heavily biased to the priorities and interests of the...
September 11, 2003 | National Office
Canada and developing nations should resist competition policy rules at Cancun WTO Ministerial
OTTAWA--A new study warns that a WTO agreement on competition policy could have a number of negative consequences. It recommends that WTO Ministers reject a proposal to negotiate competition...
August 29, 2003 | National Office, BC Office
Deep integration with U.S. not such a bright idea--study
OTTAWA--The "Big Idea"--a bargain that would see Canada giving the U.S. a strong North American security perimeter and greater access to our energy resources in return for supposedly secure access...
June 26, 2003 | National Office

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