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84 doctors, health experts & economists across Canada call on BC government to show national leadership with 10 days paid sick leave
VANCOUVER—Eighty four signatories to an open letter published today say they want the BC government to show national leadership because its actions will set the…
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Providing Housing for All in Nova Scotia: It is about more than housing supply
Critical elements for a housing secure Nova Scotia
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Canadian landlords can be hostile to African food
About the authorRay MwareyaRay Mwareya (he/him) is a freelance food writer and immigrant of color in Ottawa. His work has been published in Ricochet Media…
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Hungry for more? Monitor resource list
Our favourite books, podcasts and articles exploring issues related to decolonizing the food justice movement, dismantling anti-fat bias and more!
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Fast Facts: Manitoba Education Finance Mess
Thanks to the hard work of Manitoba Teachers, School Trustees. activists, and opposition parties, the hated Bill 64 is dead along with four other bad…
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Tipping point: Pandemic forced restaurant and bar workers into better paying jobs
The consequences of low wages for job vacancy rates have worsened for low-wage employers.
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In British Columbia, climate change is no longer something abstract for the future. The late June heat dome event—that claimed 500-600 lives—and the wildfires that…
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Legislated Paid Sick Leave – A Historic Moment for Worker Rights
The BC government will implement the right for all employees to have a minimum number of employer-paid sick days on January 1, 2022. BC will…
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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
Download 1.79 MB12 pages In this issue: Canada’s road to zero carbon emissions is full of dangerous distractions Precedent-setting win for Blueberry First Nations From…
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The false hopes and empty promises of investment treaty modernization
A Canadian company’s successful challenge to a precautionary mining ban in Colombia shows how little investor–state dispute panels care about the right to regulate.
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Equal rights for migrant care workers
The case for immigration policy transformation Download 398.63 KB 21 pages Since the mid-1950s, the Canadian government has increasingly relied on precarious and/or temporary migrant…
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