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Carbon Pricing and Climate Mitigation Backgrounder – Part I of II
The federal government has stated that if provinces don’t impose a price on carbon, it will impose its own price by 2018. Trudeau has stated…
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Math That Matters 2
In MathThatMatters2, David Stocker has crafted another 50 lessons linking mathematics and social justice. For educators keen to provide rich learning opportunities and differentiated content that…
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Pulling Back the Curtain on University Financial Reports
The need to “tighten our belts” is heard so often in the public sector, it is pretty much accepted without question. This is certainly the…
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Beyond Banksters is an eye-opening exposé of a ravenous financial system
A review of Beyond Banksters: Resisting the New Feudalism, by Joyce Nelson, Watershed Sentinel Books, 164 pages, $20.00Over the course of my 70-plus years as…
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Economic Prosperity, Social Justice and Environmental Protection Can Co-Exist: Nova Scotia Alternative Budget is proof
An Open Letter to the Nova Scotia Minister of Finance Today is the deadline for Nova Scotians to submit their ideas for this year’s provincial…
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Infographic: BC is the only province without a poverty reduction plan
BC’s poverty rate is virtually unchanged from where it was a decade ago – yet the province remains the only one in Canada without a…
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BC home to Canada’s second highest poverty rate
New report: Province must stop rejecting need for poverty reduction plan READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – BC’s poverty rate is virtually unchanged from…
Quebec: Room for improvement in economic outcomes for immigrants
The BBC once told the story of Wang Lai Ming, who decided to change his name to Terence King when he emigrated to New Zealand…
Long Overdue
Why BC needs a poverty reduction plan Download 1.86 MB 44 pages BC is Canada’s only province without a poverty reduction plan. This report examines…
Trump and Trudeau are gunning to massively privatize infrastructure – and it’s going to cost you
As with most of Donald Trump’s policy ideas, details are still sparse on his plan for rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure. But two main pillars of…
