OECD statistics between 1983 and 2001 comparing size of government in 24 countries.
Year: 2000
Managed Competition – The Phoenix Experience
Under managed competition, a public agency competes with private sector firms to provide public agency functions and services. Managed competition attempts to create a “level playing field” between the public and private sectors to select the most cost effective method of delivering public services.
Sweden’s Purchaser-Provider Split in Healthcare
For 500 years Sweden has been a uniform and centralized country. Today it is on the road to pluralism and stronger regional governments. Often the leader of new trends in Europe, Swedes are making it clear to their politicians that they want public policies which cater better to individual needs and preferences.
Nav Canada
Statistical highlights of performance improvements in Canada’s air traffic control system.
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Our Health Ministers Need to Take a Lesson from Hockey Coaches
Those of you who are tired of my rants about the demise of our once great health system will be pleased to know that this is my last editorial. I am retiring from the BCMJ Editorial Board; currently, I am the longest-serving member (more than 20 years). I have been a...
Zinchuk: Oilpatch Only Spending Half What It Spent in 2014
Back in the lofty, pre-Justin Trudeau government days of 2014, back when oil was booming, pipelines were planned to east and west coasts, and Alberta and Saskatchewan were swimming in money, around $81 billion was spent in capital expenditures (CAPEX) in the Canadian...
Are Marketing Boards Yesterday’s Idea?
Governments have responded to the farm crisis with some infusions of short-term aid, but creating a freer and fair marketplace ought to be the long-term goal. As if a horse-kicking by foreign subsidies has not been painful enough, Canadian farmers are hemmed in at home by the rules that govern marketing boards.
Saskatchewan NDP Cuts Tax Rates
It makes no sense to drive away your best revenue sources with uncompetitive tax rates.
A Conversation with John Bruton
During the 1980’s there were one or two years in which we actually had zero growth. In recent years in the 1990’s we have had 8 or 9% growth. So this is a massive turn-around.
John Bruton, Former Prime Minister of Ireland
Many analysts who seek to find the reasons for Ireland’s recent phenomenal economic success start with things that happened in the comparatively recent past – 1987 is suggested as a start date in one partisan version of events. My own belief is that many of the ingredients of Ireland’s success originated further back.
Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy, 1969
The 1969 White paper that proposed abolishing the Indian Act and integrating aboriginals into mainstream Canadian society
Frankenfood Debate Hurts The Poor
Antagonism towards genetically modified foods is a misplaced product of urban coffee houses.
Celtic Tiger Lessons
The burgeoning beast known as the Celtic tiger is more proof that tax cuts can pay for themselves and more.
Why Manitoba’s Education Policy Is Deteriorating
The signs are various and clear: Manitoba’s education policies are slumping.
Low Expectations For Municipal Amalgamation In Ontario
When it comes to municipal restructuring, the Harris government has bought into the myth that having fewer and bigger municipalities is the answer. While this government deserves its share of the blame for jumping on the amalgamation bandwagon, the real advocates of having fewer and bigger municipalities are a group of civil servants in the Ontario public service.