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April 2005: NAFTA Could Double Ontarians’ Electricity Bills
Ontario gov’t hiding electricity privatization’s ill-effects When the Ontario government passed electricity restructuring legislation at the end of last year, it was bowing to Washington’s…
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April 2005: No News is Bad News
Does it do any good to complain about mass media failings? Journalism was always the career I wanted, almost from the time I learned to…
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Time to draw a line in the sand
NAFTA and the softwood lumber dispute In the lead-up to the NAFTA leaders’ meeting in Waco Texas, former free trade negotiator Gordon Ritchie called on…
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Time to Draw a Line in the Sand
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Time to draw a line in the sand on the softwood lumber dispute—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—It’s time to play hardball with the US Administration on the long-running softwood lumber dispute, says a report…
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Communities taking action against fringe financial services
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT In October 2003, Dr. Jerry Buckland from Menno Simons College and a group of researchers examined the critical…
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Disarming BC’s Conservation Corps
In law enforcement, appearance is everything. When you wear a uniform, when you have a badge, when you carry a gun, people pay attention. Police…
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Democratizing Public Services
Lessons from Other Jurisdictions and Implications for Health Care Reform in BC Download 225.31 KB45 pages Over the last 15 years there have been repeated…
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Municipal taxation needs reforming
Tax increases are always controversial, but this year some Nova Scotians are particularly cranky about paying taxes and for good reason. I’m not talking about…
