• Canada-first energy strategy needed

    On March 8, Premier Ralph Klein made a remarkable and admirable pledge. “If we see oil drying up and we see the Alberta supply being…

  • October 2006: Workers Unprotected

    Our gov’ts refuse to see labour rights as human rights Almost everyone in Canada now understands, and more or less accepts, the notion of human…

  • October 2006: We Didn’t Really Say “No” to Missile Defence

    Canadian complicity and participation in BMD continues Contrary to a widely popular feel-good myth, Canada did not reject participation in the U.S.-led “Ballistic Missile Defence”…

  • October 2006: Not What Ontarians Voted For

    McGuinty’s electricity privatization deal is shocking Imagine you are buying a new house that is so expensive your kids will get stuck with paying off…

  • October 2006: The New Economic World Order (Part III: India)

    India rapidly re-emerging as a global economic power The Asian century has arrived. Just as China is now the world’s manufacturing center, India is fast…

  • October 2006: The Corporate Frankenstein Monster

    Plundering, pillaging, and polluting the planet for profit Earlier this year, I wrote a three-part series under the overall theme I called “the Big Business…

  • Workers suffer continent-wide under NAFTA

    Three-country study details effects on economies, labour markets CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Twelve years under the rules of the North American Free…

  • Revisiting NAFTA

    Still not working for North America’s workers Download 744.84 KB60 pages About the authorsRobert E. ScottCarlos SalasBruce CampbellBruce Campbell is former Executive Director of the…

  • FastFacts: Publishing Provincial Standards Test Results

    Who Really Benefits? Download 33.92 KB 2 pages About the authorShauna MacKinnon

  • 2007 BC Budget must tackle poverty, homelessness

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – Amid rising public concern about poverty and homelessness, the provincial government is being urged to adopt a comprehensive…

  • Taking Action on Poverty

    CCPA Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services Download 281.48 KB About the authorsSeth KleinSeth Klein was a CCPA-BC research associate…

  • How Does BC Rank on Open and Accountable Government?

    The Government’s Approach to the Auditor General and Access to Information Download 173.64 KB11 pages About the authorKeith ReynoldsKeith Reynolds is the former National Research…