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Fast Facts: The Participatory Budgeting Potential for Winnipeg
Citizens are becoming more aware of the importance of equitable and accountable city management and development. Attendees at a recent forum organized by local non-profit…
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Fulfilling the Promise of the Parliamentary Budget Office: Bill C-476
Before there was a Parliamentary Budget Office, there was no way to independently assess the federal government’s economic and fiscal forecasts. In the late-1990s, we…
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Project Mania
One can excuse politicians in the heat of a campaign of simplifying issues and seeking out tags and slags in lieu of substantive debate. But…
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National Day of Mourning: Past Sacrifice, Present Struggle
Weekends aside, there’s still a lot to thank unions for. Maternity leave top-up. Employment Insurance. Child labour laws. Numerous studies—past, and more recent—have identified the degree…
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Tall Tales at Tax Time: Meet Thomas and Colleen
There is a nice little story tucked in to the pages of Canada’s Economic Action Plan 2013. It’s a sweet tale of Thomas and Colleen…
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Are average Canadians paying too much in taxes?
On April 23, the Fraser Institute released the annual update of their misleading Consumer Tax Index report. The piece is meant to feed the anti-tax…
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Gender gap leaves Canadian women “leaning in” for the next 228 years: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Without a change in public policy, Canada’s gender gap won’t go away anytime soon, says a new study…
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Fast Facts: Moving Forward, Giving Back
Transformative Aboriginal Adult Education When she was 12 years old and still in grade 7, Claudette Michell left home in The Pas, running from racism…
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Closing Canada’s Gender Gap
Year 2240 Here We Come! Download 301.74 KB10 pages This study looks at Canada’s progress in closing the gap between men and women over the…
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Crowley’s Red Hot Labour Market
Brian Lee Crowley’s latest column shows he’s a glass-half-full kinda guy. We shouldn’t be worried about unemployment because a) it’s old-fashioned, b) Boomers had it worse (and…
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BC Office: Fact sheet on affordable housing options for seniors now available.
BC’s provincial government has said it is committed to ensuring seniors can remain in their homes and “age in place.” Yet, the lack of adequate…
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Seniors Fact Sheet: Housing
Affordable Housing Options for Seniors Living in BC Introduction BC’s provincial government has said it is committed…
