This fonds contains correspondence, interviews, drafts, articles, addresses, and resource files from the Consumer Credit Study, the Royal Commission on Consumer Problems and Inflation (Prairie Provinces Cost Study Commission), the National Farm Products Marketing Council, and the Natural Gas Development and Conservation Board. There are also press releases, speeches, and papers from the Western Economic Opportunities Conference (Calgary, 1973) and the Food Prices Review Board including published reports on prices of foodstuffs, company profits, and price trends. As well, there are news releases, bulletins, and reports from the Anti-Inflation Board. There is a considerable amount of material from the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, including transcripts of hearings and exhibits concerning the inquiry into the economic, legal, technological, marketing, and administrative practices of telecommunications companies in Canada.