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Let’s Give the Labour Movement Its Due
Unions are society’s builders, not strike-happy wreckers Given a word-association test, the response of most Canadians to the word “union” would be “strikes.” How else…
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Federal budget worsens inequality, high unemployment future
The 2012 federal budget, which purports to deliver “jobs, growth and long-term prosperity,” does nothing of the kind. Make no mistake, this is an austerity…
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Budget 2012: Pennywise But Pound Foolish
Marc, Andrew and Toby have posted substantial analyses of yesterday’s federal budget and I have some comments in today’s Hamilton Spectator. My two cents about the budget’s economic forecasts follow. Table 2.1 envisions…
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Lockouts Almost Derail GDP Growth
Statistics Canada reported today that economic growth dropped to a bare 0.1% in January. The New Year began with Rio Tinto locking out former Alcan employees at…
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OAS, the Budget, and the Baby Boomers
The Budget justifies raising the age of eligibility for OAS and GIS on the grounds that the long-term fiscal sustainability of the program is being…
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Fast Facts: Hostile Labour Relations Cause Unnecessary Conflict with Brandon’s Public Sector Workers
Last week, the Manitoba Labour Board reinstated Brandon Professional Fire Fighters/Paramedics Association president Wade Ritchie in his job as a fire fighter. The city of…
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Canadians want higher taxes from the federal budget
The Globe and Mail released the results of a new poll they conducted on what Canadian priorities are for the upcoming budget. The findings seem…
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CLC Analysis of the 2012 Federal Budget
Budgets are all about choices. With unemployment and underemployment still at very high levels and a shrinking middle-class, the federal government could and should have…
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CCPA reaction to 2012 federal budget
The Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives believes that all Canadians will pay the price for a federal budget that will result in significant job losses, weaker environmental…
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Federal budget drags Canada into unnecessary austerity
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A budget that screws the planet for short-term profits
First off, the 2012 federal budget makes no upfront claim to be a budget. Indeed, the cover states only “Economic Action Plan 2012: Jobs, Growth…
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Federal budget drags Canada into age of austerity: Think tank
OTTAWA—All Canadians will pay the price for a federal budget that will result in significant job losses, weaker environmental protection, and unnecessary cuts to cherished…
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