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Course Correction
A Blueprint to Fix Ontario’s Education Funding Formula Download 386.28 KB17 pages Twenty years after the Mike Harris Conservative government implemented its education funding formula in…
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Nova Scotia Budget a wedge, not a lever
There is an urgency for our government to use fiscal policy to promote a different kind of economic growth that no longer sacrifices the environment,…
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Poverty interventions are health interventions: Three considerations
An irrefutable evidence base demonstrates that socioeconomic conditions—in particular poverty and inequality—impact health. In health care we call these conditions ‘social determinants of health’ (SDOH)—a…
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No human should be homeless
“I realized was that providing healthcare and managing people’s medical condition, while important, failed to address some of the underlying challenges that were impacting their…
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Comprehensive action on surgical waiting times is good news for BC
The case for bold, evidence-based action on surgical waiting times—especially for hip and knee replacements that are among the longest in the country—is clear. That…
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In defence of BC’s new “speculation” tax
Among the housing measures announced in BC Budget 2018, the new speculation tax has caused the most uproar. Some of this stems from a lack…
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It’s time: Alberta needs a sales tax
Alberta is the only Canadian province without a sales tax. That needs to change. With its own sales tax, Alberta could afford to make important…
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CCPA–BC Submission on the Development of a BC Poverty Reduction Plan
Download 1.88 MB4 pages This submission was made to the BC government to share the CCPA-BC’s recommendations regarding the development of a British Columbia Poverty…
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Fast Facts: Na-gah mo Waabishkizi Ojijaak Bimise Keetwaatino (Singing White Crane Flying North)
Gathering a Bundle for Indigenous Evaluation In many Indigenous Nations across the world, research is a contentious word because it has often been associated with…
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Care and change: The messages driving Ontario’s 2018 election
Sixty-two times. That’s how many times the Government of Ontario drew upon the word “care” in a throne speech designed to claim its stake in…
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Na-gah mo Waasbishkizi Ojijaak Bimise Keetwaatino: Singing White Crane Flying North
Gathering A Bundle for Indigenous Evaluation Download 4.08 MB44 pages In Winnipeg, a city with a high population of Indigenous peoples, incorporating Indigenous ways of…
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Do you want a more transparent, accountable government? Tell them so!
The story goes that Franklin Delano Roosevelt once met with a group of activists who wanted bold action. He listened and then said, “You’ve convinced…
