Thank you for the info.  It is of definite interest.

"Adeline R. Falk Rafael" wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:30:39 -0400
> From: Bruce Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: New from the CCPA
>
> September 28, 2000
>
> NEW FROM THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES.
>
> Dear Members and Friends.
>
> We have released two important studies this month which may interest
> you. They are as follows:
>
> FLYING WITHOUT A NET: ECONOMIC FREEDOM FOR WORKING CANADANS IN 2000. By
> Amanda Brown and Jim Stanford
> September 28
>
>  According to this study,  although the economic well-being of Canadian
> workers has improved notably in the past two years, it remains
> significantly poorer than before the last recession, mainly because of a
> sharp decline in social programs and income security measures.
>
> The study which is a counterpoint to the Fraser Institute’s economic
> freedom for business measure, develops a quantitative index of the
> well-being of Canadian workers. Called the Economic Freedom (For the
> Rest of Us) Index (EFRU). The overall EFRU Index gained more than two
> full points in 1998 and 1999, making up about half the ground lost
> earlier in the decade. But the Index remains more than two full points
> below the level that prevailed in1990, before the onset of the last
> recessionÐsolely because of the drop in
> social protections.
>
>  The erosion of the network of social security measures  warn the authors
> means that Canadian workers are more dependent on private labour
> market outcomes than at any other point in Canad’s recent history. When
> labour markets turn down againÐas they surely must, sooner or laterÐCanadian
> workers will be left largely unprotected. They are, in short, now flying
> without a net.
>
>  ‘Flying Without a Net" can be downloaded from our web site:
> www.policyalternatives.ca > Hard copy version is available for $10.00
> (Discounts for Bulk orders)
>
> GATS: HOW THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION’S "SERVICES’ NEGOTIATIONS
> THREATEN DEMOCRACY, by Scott Sinclair
> September 13
>
> Despite the dramatic breakdown of global trade talks in Seattle in December
> 1999, sweeping negotiations are now quietly underway in Geneva to
> subject an
> ever-greater degree of democratic decision-making to oversight by the World
> Trade Organization (WTO).
>
> This book exposes the WTO services negotiation to critical public scrutiny
> for the first time.  It describes how the GATS ultimate purpose is to
> commercialize every service sector in every WTO member country – including
> essential public services such as education, water and health care.
>
> CCPA Senior Researcher Scott Sinclair has written a very important book
> which is already getting world-wide attention.
>
> The summary of this book can be downloaded from our web site:
> www.policyalternatives.ca > Hard copy version is available for $19.95
> (Discounts for Bulk orders)
>
> Watch for major studies on health care, education and pensions in the
> coming weeks.
>
> --
> Bruce Campbell
> Executive Director
> Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
> Suite 410, 75 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7
> Tel: 613-563-1341 Fax: 613-233-1458
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> http://www.policyalternatives.ca

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