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Reduction in unionization helped break the economy
Do unions have any role in today’s society? Right wing organizations like the Fraser Institute say no but a report from an unlikely source suggests…
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Labour market exodus and other unhappy math
Friday’s labour force survey numbers from Statistics Canada were another nail in the coffin of Canada’s fleeting, fragile economic “recovery.” On first glance, the data…
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The Economist Magazine calls out BC
Well, I never thought I’d see this rebuke of Canada and BC in The Economist Magazine of all places. But the current issue of the…
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Canada and the next financial crisis
How will the next financial crisis erupt? (Or perhaps we should say a further chapter of the ongoing financial crisis). It’s like figuring out which…
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State of the Inner-City Report: We’re in it for the long haul
Defining the focus of the 6th State of the Inner City Report unfolded as it does every year. We began the process by meeting with…
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Poverty reduction update
Lots of developments on the Poverty Reduction front over the last two weeks. Here are a few updates: First, last week brought news that Danny…
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Eugene Forsey vs. Maxime Bernier
Quebec Conservative repeats harmful myths about Confederation When Stephen Harper’s former (and perhaps future?) far-right-hand man in Quebec, Maxime Bernier, denounced the federal “spending power”…
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Hedging Our Bets?
Liberal class is dead in the U.S. But what about Canada? Last month in this space I bemoaned the mounting power and influence of ultra-conservative…
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The Latin American Revolution (Part IX)
Argentina was rescued from neoliberalism by Néstor Kirchner At the end of October, Argentina lost its economic saviour who made the country part of the…
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The Real Pirates of the Caribbean
Tax havens siphon $500 billion a year from gov’t revenues In today’s globalized world, tax evasion is occurring on a massive scale. As corporations and…
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Trading Sovereignty for Surveillance
Danger rises of state interference with information flow In June 2010, the Harper government released a consultation paper which asked Canadians to comment on the…
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The Trouble with Billionaires, Vancouver Launch, Part One
Neil Brooks The Trouble with Billionaires Neil Brooks by policyalternatives On November 3, 2010, CCPA-BC sponsored a book launch for The Trouble with Billionaires, by…
