Ted MacNEIL wrote:
Do you want to be able to get the problem fixed, or do you just want to
be able to sue somebody?
...
I'm Canadian!
Litigation is not a national passtime as it is in some countries.
[Waaay off topic]
Funny you mention this. It was the topic of a dinner conversation about
a year ago. Subsequent research led us to this outstanding study from
the Fraser Institute:
http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/books/laws_markets/. All
Canadians should take the time to read this publication in its entirety.
Of particular interest is Easton's contribution "Some Economics of the
Canadian Legal Profession". Here are a couple of excerpts to pique your
interest:
"The single most striking characteristic of the Canadian legal
profession from an outsider's perspective is the expansion of the number
of participants in the industry. From 1985 to 1995, the number of
members of the Canadian Bar Association increased by 37 percent. During
this same period the population of Canada grew only 13 percent."
"Canada is not the only common-law jurisdiction with many lawyers. In
comparison to the United States in 1993, we have only about two-thirds
as many lawyers per capita. However, it is also the case that we are
training more, faster. In 1971, Canada had half as many lawyers as the
United States; by 1981 the figure was 60 percent. Figure 3 points to the
rapid increase in the proportion of lawyers in Canada relative to the
United States. In the past few years (not shown in the figure), the
per-capita number of lawyers in the United States has actually declined
slightly, while the number in Canada continues to increase."
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