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Canada’s newspapers get failing grade for coverage of new prescription drugs
It’s hard to miss the explosion of media stories regarding miraculous new pharmaceuticals. But given that medicine can both help and harm, how reliable is…
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Tuition hikes a lose-lose proposition
For the second year in a row, tuition fees for university education are rising faster in British Columbia than anywhere else in Canada, with an…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Summer/Fall 2003, Volume 6, Number 3 Download 146.16 KB4 pages Inside this issue: Waiting for a Miracle – BC Economic and Fiscal Update Managing the…
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FastFacts: Labour Pains in Brandon
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NS tax cut increases inequality between Halifax and rest of the province and between women and men
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX – According to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives the Hamm government’s…
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Nova Scotia’s 10% income tax cut
Minimal benefit to low income taxpayers but a windfall to wealthy CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX – According to a study released…
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FastFacts: Once Again
What Was the Real Motivation for War on Iraq Download 29.09 KB 2 pages
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Fishy Business
The Economics of Salmon Farming in BC Download 776.64 KB43 pages
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Expansion of industrial salmon farming likely to produce few or no new jobs in BC, new economic study shows
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Vancouver–A new economic study shows that industrial salmon aquaculture will deliver no or few new jobs in BC,…
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ICBC move to discriminatory rates first step in dismantling of public auto insurance
(Vancouver) The announcement earlier this week by the Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC) that it intends to increase optional insurance premiums for young and old…
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Fish farms no cure for BC’s economic ills
There is a mistaken perception among many British Columbians that BC’s wild fish stocks are dying and that we need salmon aquaculture to replace the…