Inline image 1Brett J. Skinner is Manager of Pharmaceutical and Health Policy Research for The Fraser Institute. He is a PhD candidate in Public Policy and Political Science specializing in health policy at the University of Western Ontario (London) where he lectures in both the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Department of Political Science. He earned a BA (Hon) from the University of Windsor (Ontario) and an MA in Public Policy and Political Science through joint studies at the U of W and Wayne State University (Michigan). As an AIMS summer intern student, Brett wrote about health policy issues. He has also worked as a Consultant and Policy Analyst for the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s (IBC) National Health Issues Program in Toronto, ON.