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New report: Canada isn’t spending what it takes to succeed in the global shift to a clean economy; Budget 2023 must include ambitious climate investment plan
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 9 February 2023 For Canada to compete in the global clean economy, the…
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Premiers must Reject Privatization to Secure Federal Healthcare Funding
As premiers meet again with feds over healthcare transfers, let’s understand why the last meeting was a failure.
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NAFTA’s Shadow of Obstruction
Investor rights in the expired North American Free Trade Agreement continue to undermine democratic decision-making and climate policy in Mexico, Canada, and the United States.…
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Canada’s new immigration policy leaves unanswered questions
Changes are a step in the right direction, but don’t go far enough in important regards
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New Data: Bank of Canada’s rate hikes are making inflation worse
While they might have helped in the summer of last year, interest rate hikes are now actually increasing inflation.
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Webinar: Ruby River & the Movement Against ISDS Attacks on Climate Action
Thursday, February 15 In 2023, the U.S. corporation Ruby River Capital launched a massive $20 billion trade challenge against Quebec’s decision to reject the company’s…
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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office (Jan. 2023)
Download 2.16 MB12 pages Housing, food and transportation costs drive living wage increases across BC Living wage news coverage reaches millions BC private schools to…
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Will 2023 be the year BC farmworkers finally receive basic minimum wage protections?
The majority of BC households are stressed because of debt and inflation. It’s even worse for one group of farmworkers who, legally, may earn less…
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Alberta squandered the Heritage Fund—but it’s not too late to fix it
Three alternate histories of the Heritage Fund show what could have been if politicians had been more forward-thinking.
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Advocates urge feds to adopt a regularization program for undocumented migrants
Federal cabinet ministers are expected to discuss regularization at a cabinet retreat this week
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Counting the Costs and Contradictions of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Canada’s uneasy relationship between climate change and fossil fuel development was illustrated in November 2021 when seven atmospheric rivers hit southern BC. The “big one”…
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