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Cutting Pharmacare won’t cut health costs
Having painted itself into a fiscal corner through “dramatic” tax cuts, the BC government is now claiming it cannot afford Pharmacare (the province’s public drug…
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Global village or global apartheid?
The world after September 11, 2001 For over 15 years I have studied and traveled extensively to Peru, a country besieged by terrorism. When the…
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Restructuring government in BC
Are we asking the right questions? The new BC government is clearly dedicated to so-called “smaller government”. On one major front, the premier has appointed…
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October 2001: The Western Heart of Darkness
Mineral-rich Congo ravaged by genocide and Western plunder “I’m interested in land not [black people].” — Cecil Rhodes Rarely has Western savagery been more destructive…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2001
DIRT(1) Cheap: Students for sale and the tilting of a scale Abstract This paper illustrates how parents, teachers and school administrators have been quietly and…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2001, Volume 4, Number 4 Download 138.78 KB4 pages Inside this issue: Restructuring Government in BC: Are we asking the right questions? Cutting Pharmacare…
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Challenging McWorld
First Edition Today’s youth live, communicate and act in a wired world of corporate logos,symbols and branding. “McWorld” is the symbolic term often…
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But It’s Only A Tool
The Politics of Technology and Education Reform This collection pushes the reader to think beyond the mantra “it’s only a tool,” commonly used to neutralize…
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Cutting Pharmacare would be a costly mistake, says Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says that if the provincial government cuts Pharmacare, it will be a costly mistake for British Columbians. “The…
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New CIDA Reforms Risk Excluding the Poorest of the Poor
In June 2001, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) released a policy document proposing distinct new terms for development aid. The report, called “Strengthening Aid…
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