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Cruise ship industry not a panacea for port cities
(Halifax) A report released by the CCPA today finds that Canadian ports need to take a sober and realistic look at their expectations of the cruise industry. The study finds that, in their rush to...
September 25, 2003 | BC Office, Nova Scotia Office
Canada and developing nations should resist competition policy rules at Cancun WTO Ministerial
OTTAWA--A new study warns that a WTO agreement on competition policy could have a number of negative consequences. It recommends that WTO Ministers reject a proposal to negotiate competition...
August 29, 2003 | National Office, BC Office
Expansion of industrial salmon farming likely to produce few or no new jobs in BC, new economic study shows
Vancouver--A new economic study shows that industrial salmon aquaculture will deliver no or few new jobs in BC, even if the industry doubles in size. What's more, the industry...
July 17, 2003 | BC Office
ICBC move to discriminatory rates first step in dismantling of public auto insurance
(Vancouver) The announcement earlier this week by the Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC) that it intends to increase optional insurance premiums for young and old drivers, and for those living in...
July 4, 2003 | BC Office
BC government warned that new welfare policies combined with slow economy spell upheaval, hardship in communities across the province
(Vancouver) BC's provincial government received a warning today from researchers who say its package of new welfare rules is radical and unprecedented, and will cause unacceptable hardship and...
June 9, 2003 | BC Office
The 10-year hangover
EDMONTON--Ten years after the government of Alberta privatized the province's liquor retailing industry, the decision has proved to be a serious policy mistake. That's the conclusion of a study...
June 4, 2003 | National Office, BC Office
CCPA study calls for independent public sector comparison of RAV P3 by Auditor General
(Vancouver) The author of a CCPA report released today on the proposed P3 (public-private partnership) for the RAV (Richmond-Airport/Vancouver rapid transit line) is calling for the development of...
May 21, 2003 | BC Office
Newspapers highlight benefits of new drugs, ignore risks
(Vancouver) The information Canadians get on new prescription drugs from a major and trusted source of information—daily newspapers—is incomplete and may promote unrealistic...
April 28, 2003 | National Office, BC Office
BC consumers will pay for radical overhaul of BC Hydro
(Vancouver) The BC government claims that changes to BC Hydro under its new Energy Plan are relatively minor. They are nothing of the sort--the changes will radically and irrevocably change the...
April 24, 2003 | BC Office
Olympics won't bring employment boom
(Vancouver) The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Bid Corporation's claims that hosting the Winter Games will generate an employment boom are wildly exaggerated and not born out by the experience of previous...
February 21, 2003 | BC Office

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