• Charity doesn’t buy a lot of shoes

    OK, this is just a little crass, but the calculation begs to be done. It apppears rather than buying himself a new pair of shoes…

  • Harper government free riding on U.S. stimulus package: Report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Harper government is relying too heavily on U.S. fiscal stimulus measures to pull Canada out of recession,…

  • The Obama Effect

    Canada-US Relations in a Time of Economic Crisis Download 156.52 KB10 pages About the authorBruce CampbellBruce Campbell is former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre…

  • Obama visit puts Canada on the defensive

    When President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper meet in Canada this Thursday, the growing economic crisis will be the main point of discussion.…

  • Tales from the Mouth of the Fraser

    With the BC budget just 27 hours away, in today’s Vancouver Sun, you can find my pre-budget oped. Alas, as often happens, I am paired…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    A call to all BC political parties: time to commit to a poverty reduction plan

    In early February, over 200 organizations and community leaders from across BC issued an open letter to BC political parties, calling on them to commit…

  • BC Needs an Action Plan to Fight a Nasty Recession

    On February 17 the BC government will table the province’s first recession budget in a generation. The big question for the budget is no longer…

  • Government compliance with legal obligations far from good

    BC’s Freedom of Information Commissioner released his annual report last Friday. These reports are a pretty good indication of how open and transparent our government…

  • Olympic Gold for the Vancouver Sun

    Just when I thought I had read the worst the Vancouver Sun can provide, I caught another Olympics article that sets a new standard. I suppose…

  • It’s about jobs

    Next week the provincial government releases their budget and I am looking for something, anything at all, for forest workers.Now I hate to be a…

  • But what about 2011?

    Okay, I can understand why the Premier thinks the Olympics will be fun — even inspiring.  And I accept the pitch from his boosters at…

  • The Silence of the Lines

    Poverty reduction strategies and the crash of 2008 Download 135.14 KB5 pages About the authorJohn Stapleton