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December 19, 2023

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  • May 2006: Labour Rights are Human Rights

    Most Canadians being denied collective bargaining rights In the ideal political economy promoted by the UN’s International Labour Organization, the conditions of work of nearly…

    May 1, 2006
  • May 2006: Feeding the Sleeping Pill Addiction

    Insomniacs becoming collateral damage in sleep-meds war I recently woke up at three in the morning with the chilling words “collateral damage” ringing in my…

    May 1, 2006
  • BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends

    Spring/Summer 2006, Volume 9, Number 2 Download 1.22 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Denied Assistance: Closing the Front Door on Welfare in BC Public Transit…

    April 30, 2006
  • FastFacts: Aboriginal People, Jobs, and the Provincial Budget

    Download 33.88 KB 2 pages About the authorJim Silver

    April 28, 2006
  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Moving Forward: Alternative Federal Budget puts the surplus to work

    OTTAWA—The federal government has the resources to maintain and build on the commitments made in the 2004-05 minority Parliament and use upcoming surpluses to move…

    April 27, 2006
  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Alternative Federal Budget 2006

    Moving Forward Download 1.29 MB 68 pages Attachments Budget in Brief: Alternative Federal Budget 2006: Moving Forward L’Alternative budgétaire pour le gouvernement fédéral en 2006:…

    April 27, 2006
  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    CCPA calls on province to raise welfare rates

    Arbitrary cuts, inflation have driven down benefit rates by 30% since mid-90s READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…

    April 24, 2006
  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Budget Savings on the Backs of the Poor

    Who Paid the Price for Welfare Benefit Cuts in BC Download 585.47 KB 4 pages Attachments A Better Way to Set Welfare Rates Welfare rates…

    April 24, 2006
  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    A Better Way to Set Welfare Rates

    Download 588.21 KB4 pages Attachments Welfare rates opinion poll resultsBudget Savings on the Backs of the Poor

    April 24, 2006
  • CCPA-NS Newsletter

    Spring 2006 Download 59.4 KB 4 pages About the authorCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

    April 18, 2006
  • What would they cut to pay for a tax cut in Nova Scotia?

    In the runup to Rodney MacDonald’s first budget, business lobby groups are pushing for more tax cuts. The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) has…

    April 18, 2006
  • Ontario Alternative Budget

    McGuinty government fails vulnerable citizens

    Look through the smokescreen created by Premier Dalton McGuinty’s $23 billion gap campaign and you see a provincial government that is in denial; one that…

    April 18, 2006
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    Museum independence cannot be conditional in Canada

    The campaign against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Nakba exhibition shows why arm’s-length cultural institutions must be protected.

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