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Highlights from BC Budget 2017
The 2017 BC Budget was just released; here’s our analysis so far: MSP goes down for families with income under $120,000 MSP premiums are going…
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What you need to know about the provincial debt
One of the more memorable promises Premier Clark made in the last election was the one of a debt-free BC (in 20 years or so).…
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Le CELI, une aberration fiscale
Dans ses documents, Statistique Canada qualifie le Compte d’épargne libre d’impôt (CELI) de « nouveau mécanisme d’épargne fiscalement avantageux »[1]. Le terme d’abri fiscal conviendrait mieux que…
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BC Budget 2017 a missed opportunity
VICTORIA–Budget 2017 is a missed opportunity to address vital issues facing BC families like persistent poverty, unaffordable child care and the crises in seniors’ care,…
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Révolution sociosanitaire : tout le pouvoir aux CLSC
L’IRIS publiait une étude proposant une révolution complète du le système de santé et de services sociaux du Québec. Les médias ont surtout retenu la…
The gilded bunker: How the super-rich plan to survive the collapse of civilization
To the greedy, all nature is insufficient.—Seneca.
EU parliament ratifies CETA (only three dozen more votes to go)
Photo of today’s protest outside the European Parliament by Blair Redlin of the Trade Justice Network.
The federal role in poverty reduction
Days after the 2015 federal election, a Globe and Mail opinion piece pointed out something many anti-poverty advocates already knew: “Every province and territory but…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2017
Climate Justice in Education How is climate change and sustainability being taught, practiced and promoted in educational institutions across the country? To help answer that question, this…
One, two, three, four, here are the feminists I adore
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