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Cone of Silence Descends on Federal Cuts
The federal government has further lowered its “cone of silence” over the implications of federal cuts today. Treasury Board has instructed all departments to remove any implications…
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Statistics For Democracy
Statistics Canada is sometimes unfairly blamed for decisions made pursuant to budget cuts and to political direction, most notably in the decision to replace the…
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Drummond: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Drummond Commission reported today. The Good While the McGuinty government prevented the Commission from considering tax rates, it proposes some sensible measures to raise revenue. Chapter 18,…
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Cuba: Going beyond borders to scale up access to universal health care
I have just read Errol Black and Jim Silver’s review of the book Revolutionary Doctors (“Revolutionary Health Care,” CCPA-Manitoba Fast Facts, January 4, 2012). I agree with what…
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Stranded in suburbia
Planning for aging populations Download 3.68 MB One of the most significant demographic changes in modern history is on the verge of occurring. Children born…
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BC government response to Ombudsperson’s report seriously inadequate: seniors care expert
(Vancouver) BC Ombudsperson Kim Carter’s report on the crisis in seniors care, released Wednesday, provides “an extraordinarily thorough, precise and do-able roadmap for rebuilding BC’s…
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Master of Allusion
Stockwell! It’s been a while since I’ve seen your face and I was wondering how life outside of politics was treating you. So, imagine my…
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Slow and easy will win energy race
It is hard not to detect a note of desperation in the provincial government’s recently unveiled natural gas strategy. In announcing it, BC Energy Minister…
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Tax haven based company buys more BC P3s: British Auditor General questions profits in such transactions
Two of British Columbia’s public private partnership (P3) projects have changed hands again and once again the new owner resides in a European tax haven.…
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In the Wake of the Crisis: Bully Capitalism
A shorter version of this article appears today at Economy Lab, the Globe and Mail’s on-line business feature. Capitalism has entered an ugly new era, one…
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Ten Points on Recession, Deficits, and Austerity in Ontario
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Rags, Meet Riches: Celebrating the growing gap’s real unsung heroes
I have to admit that lately I’ve been thinking maybe some of us in the 99% have been just a teensy bit unfair. And it…
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