• Are Smart Meters Worth the Cost?

    A notice in my mailbox last week told me that smart meters are going to be installed in my neighbourhood. I’ll admit that the geek…

  • BC’s Top 1%: Doing fabulous, thank you

    Occupy Wall Street has shone new light on the growing gap between the richest 1% and the rest of us (the 99 percenters). But that’s…

  • One Way the Richest 1% Can Help The Other 99%

    It’s often said that there aren’t enough rich people in Canada to make a real difference to fiscal policy and, in consequence, the rest of…

  • Occupy Wall Street Asks the Big Questions

    “We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%”..say the Occupy Wall Street protesters. This grass roots protest started…

  • Why Unions Matter

    Bruce Campbell and Armine Yalnizyan Are unions more of a problem than a solution today? Anti-union sentiment has accelerated since the global crisis of 2008…

  • The State of the Economy and Labour’s Response

    The advanced economies, including Canada, risk falling back into recession because of government spending cuts and a looming financial crisis. The IMF now forecasts that…

  • The Ethics of the Ethical Oil Cabal

    With the recent demonstrations in Ottawa against the Alberta tarsands and the XL oil pipeline, most of the mainstream media very quickly bought into the…

  • Labour Matters

    Why Unions Matter

    Are unions more of a problem than a solution today? Anti-union sentiment has accelerated since the global crisis of 2008 brought economies to their knees…

  • The Union of BC Municipalities Convention: a potpourri of policy

    For people who follow local policy issues the annual meeting of the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) is always chock-a-block with material. Last week’s meeting…

  • In the Red

    Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Indexis a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and…

  • Manitoba Hydro Bipole III Debate

    A slide show about the debate surrounding the Manitoba Hydro Bipole III project. Narrated by Lynne Fernandez of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba. Manitoba…