Archive for Michael Walker
Is Canadian Health Care a Good Model for the U.S. to Follow?
Dr. Walker is Executive Director at The Fraser Institute in Vancouver, Canada. As usual, I continue to have the most interesting job in the world. On February 9, it took me to Washington, D.C., where I had been invited by the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Committee is in [...]
1Aug1994 | Michael Walker | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Market for Low Cholesterol
Dr. Walker is Executive Director of The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, Canada. Just about every time conversation turns to food these days, the subject of cholesterol isn’t far behind. Saturated fats, so it is said, are the source of fatty build-up in our veins and arteries, causing restricted blood flow and in many cases premature death [...]
1Nov1989 | Michael Walker | 1 comment | ContinuedHong Kong Reflections
Dr. Walker is Director of the Fraser Institute, Vancouver, Canada. The citizens of Hong Kong have expressed a great deal of concern about what will happen once the tiny British colony falls under the control of the People’s Republic of China in 1997. As I discovered during a recent visit to Hong Kong, the fear [...]
1Jul1988 | Michael Walker | 3 comments | Continued-
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