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Growing support for cities to adopt living wage
New developments since my recent post calling on municipalities to lead the way on adopting living wage policies: First, over just over 100 candidates have…
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An Inconvenient Occupation
A friend recently said she supported the Occupy movement but felt their activities were inconveniencing others. I thought of this while watching police clearing Occupy…
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Who Occupies the Sky?
CCPA released a new report today by myself and Amanda Card that makes the links between inequality and carbon footprints. We look at the distribution of greenhouse…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2011
Instruments of Social Change The fall 2011 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves asks: “If schools are truly to be instruments of social change, how we…
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Who Occupies the Sky?
The Distribution of GHGs in Canada Download 340.23 KB7 pages To create effective policy for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it is important to identify…
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Richest 20% of Canadians have biggest carbon footprint
OTTAWA—The richest 20% of Canadian income earners are responsible for almost double (1.8 times) the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of those in the lowest income…
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Hunger Count 2011: Canada’s East Coast
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Time to give shale gas industry a closer look before we’re totally fracked
Despite the recent release by Canada’s natural gas industry of a set of guiding principles governing the controversial gas well “stimulation” method known as hydraulic…
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BC’s expansion of shale gas fracking puts our water and climate goals at risk
Don’t believe the hype. British Columbia’s natural gas is far from the “clean,” “green,” “transitional” fuel that the energy industry and provincial government claim it…
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Fast Facts: What you need to know about the Brandon University strike
Professors, instructors, librarians and administrative staff on strike at Brandon University have been accused in the press of being selfish and irresponsible. Although it’s not…
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2011 David Lewis Lecture: Stephen Lewis in conversation with Michele Landsberg
On November 3rd, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives proudly hosted the 2011 David Lewis Lecture in Toronto. This year’s sold-out lecture featured an intimate…
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Countdown to Zero
Balancing Toronto’s Budget Download 539.03 KB10 pages This report looks at the city of Toronto’s annual budgeting process over the past five years and shows…
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