Canadian Nuclear Energy Policy

Canadian Health Policy

Anti-VEGF Drugs Anti-VEGF drugs are used to treat retinal conditions such as the wet form of age-related macular degeneration (wAMD) which is responsible for 80-90% of the vision loss associated with AMD. Avastin, Lucentis and Eylea are anti-VEGF drugs. Avastin was developed as a systemic treatment for cancer. It was also considered for retinal conditions, but evidence showed that systemic expo...

Nuclear Development Externalities and Energy Policy : The Life Cycle

Nuclear medicine affected by Energy Policy Act of 2005.

New Authority Over Radioisotopes One set of regulations delegates new authority over radioisotopes to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and is a direct result of testimony submitted by NRC officials to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations and to the U.S. Senate in 2004. In addition to enhanced security measures ...

Estimating Canadian Monetary Policy Regimes∗

Andolfatto and Gomme (2003) find evidence that Canadian monetary policy appears to alternate between high and low money growth rate regimes, and that private-sector belief formation over these unobserved regimes could induce significant persistence in the propagation of monetary policy shocks. In this paper, we examine the sensitivity of these conclusions by re-estimating the data allowing for ...

Canadian Fisheries Policy: Challenges and Choices

Les pêches océaniques posent de sérieux défis au Canada. Les problèmes comprennent l’effondrement du stock de poissons de fond de l’Atlantique au début des années 90, les conflits internationaux au sujet de la pêche en zones partagées et chevauchant les frontières, les conflits entre pêcheurs en compétition de même que les faibles revenus et la surcapitalisation dans plusieurs types de pêches. ...