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Article: Freedom champion from Corner Brook: Fraser Institute founder Michael Walker's Newfie roots inspired his nation-altering crusade for sound economics.
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- The Report
- Article date:
- March 31, 2003
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Canadians know they work nearly half the year for the government, paying taxes. They know how long waiting lines are for hospital treatment. They know the performance of their children's school, ranked alongside other schools. They can be aware of these facts thanks to Michael Walker, a Vancouver economist who has arguably been Canada's most effective champion of economic freedom for the past generation.
In 1974, Dr. Walker founded the Fraser Institute, which studies and publicizes issues ranging from aboriginal property rights to ecological policies that actually work. Almost anyone who reads newspapers in Canada has heard of this pioneering defender of ...