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Rising Inequality, Declining Democracy
The “Occupy Canada” movement (with a little help from CCPA research) has raised public awareness of the unprecedented growth in income inequality and wealth concentration…
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SaskNotes: 2011 Provincial Election Distortion – Saskatchewan Joins the List!
Download 217.94 KB4 pages While winning 64% of the popular vote, the Saskatchewan Party gained 84.5% of the seats in the November 7th provincial election.…
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Budgets more than numbers
The Nova Scotia Department of Finance recently launched an interactive “Back to Balance” website, giving community members an opportunity to try their hands at government…
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The Canada-US Border Deal: How the U.S. blackmailed Canada
Finally, the stars aligned and after a 10-year effort there is consensus with the Americans on what might be done to ease border restrictions. Prime…
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PEI and the CETA
Remarks by Scott Sinclair, to a public meeting on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in Charlottetown, PEI Introduction No one questions that…
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War on Workers continues in Nova Scotia
The holy commotion orchestrated by Nova Scotia employers over Bill 102 on First Collective Agreement Arbitration is not really about this very modest piece of…
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‘Tis the Season for Reason: A message from Brigette DePape
Former Senate page, Brigette DePape encourages us to think outside the box this holiday season. Brigette suggests giving a gift that allows young people to…
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Cost of Poverty in Prince Edward Island (2011)
Download 625.04 KB13 pages This report estimates that the direct cost of poverty for the PEI government is just under 100 million dollars per year…
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Pension Breakdown
How the finance ministers bungled pension reform Download 788.41 KB 34 pages This study provides an analysis of the government’s proposed Pooled Registered Pension Plan…
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Pooled Registered Pension Plans not the answer to pension crisis: study
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The time to act on poverty reduction in PEI is now
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For Some, Arrogance is Bliss
This fall, Margaret Wente discovered people under 40. Woot! Okay, that’s not entirely fair. Given her years of pontificating on topics like the environment, public…
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