• Climate policy: contradiction #1

    I don’t know if BC’s current approach to climate change is ironic, paradoxical, or just plain crazy, but whatever it is, it is desperately in…

  • Bridging the gap from poverty to independence

    What is the role of the Canadian Food Banks? Download 731.33 KB 15 pages About the authorCandace Weimer

  • BC blinks on running a deficit

    Now that the federal budget is over, I’ve been girding myself for the Feb 17 BC budget. My concern to date has been bold statements…

  • Low income leads to poorer mental health

    Statistics Canada recently published an interesting study on the relationship between low income and poor mental health. The paper, titled “Income and Psychological Distress: the…

  • Time to Pee on P3’s

    Maybe it’s the Baja sun; perhaps it’s the tequila I’ve been forced to drink down here. But I just cannot understand the Vancouver Sun’s angst…

  • Make housing the priority for federal “shovel-ready” dollars

    For the first time in a generation, the federal government is poised to become a major partner in social housing development in Canada. This creates…

  • Education Project

    Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2009

    Sex Ed and Youth: Colonization, sexuality and communities of colour This issue of OS/OS unravels the seemingly impenetrable and often unquestioned connections between youth, sex…

  • Real Change? Or Business as Usual?

    New “New Deal” is unlikely to come from Obama presidency When the U.S. Treasury last October lavished $700 billion on Wall Street banks with no…

  • Putting the public interest first (Part 2)

    Corporations can and should be made socially responsible Read Part 1 What benefits could a government expect by amending corporate charters to include the public…

  • Putting the public interest first (Part 1)

    Corporations can and should be made socially responsible Corporations are different from other business entities because they attract capital investment by socializing a portion of…

  • Path of Destruction

    Canadian mining companies on rampage around the world Canada is the world’s leading mining nation. Sixty per cent of all public mining companies are listed…

  • An Open Letter to Margaret Wente

    We need to think more analytically about harm reduction This is an updated form of a letter I sent to Globe & Mail columnist Margaret…