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A Dam Troublesome Exception: Progress Energy’s dams should not be exempted from environmental review
I sent the following letter to BC’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) in response to Progress Energy’s extraordinary request to retroactively exempt the Lily and Town…
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Regarding Progress Energy’s exemption applications regarding its Lily and Town dams
Submission to BC’s Environmental Assessment Office Download 232.03 KB7 pages Resource Policy Analyst Ben Parfitt sent this letter to BC’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) in…
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Look upstream to improve mental health
“We need to look well beyond the health care system, to society as a whole.” “The physical environment also has an impact on mental wellbeing.”…
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Don’t bank on TD’s $15 minimum wage impact forecast
About the authorMichal RozworskiMichal Rozworski is a researcher at the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation and a CCPA-BC research associate. He publishes frequently on Canadian political…
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Public libraries are becoming the new social safety net
Public libraries in British Columbia are evolving beyond spaces of quiet contemplation, equipped with card catalogues and encyclopaedias. In a time of increased Internet use…
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Higher learning, lower earning? The state of employment on Ontario campuses
It’s no secret that university and college revenues are shifting, with the public component of funding largely in decline. It’s also no secret—or coincidence—that the…
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Encore budget offers pittance to tackle Nova Scotia’s real needs
The new provincial Liberal government budget is pretty lacklustre. We expected it to be much the same as the one tabled prior to the April…
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Skewed TD Bank assessment of $15 minimum wage relies on outdated analysis
Another week, another skewed economic assessment of Ontario’s move to a $15 per hour minimum wage.This time, it’s TD Bank making dire predictions about job…
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5 things to know about small business income splitting
This summer, the federal government proposed a series of reforms to the Income Tax Act designed to close certain tax loopholes and address tax avoidance.…
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They huff and they puff: More overblown claims about a $15 minimum wage
Another week, another business lobby report that exaggerates the potential negative impact of Ontario’s plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 by 2019. Actually,…
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Cost Savings Resulting from a National Pharmacare Program
Download 281.79 KB9 pages On September 28th, 2017, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) will release its estimates of the costs of “single-payer universal first-dollar prescription…
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20 years later: How corporations took over Canada’s health care system
Caring for Profit: How corporations are taking over Canada’s health care system was published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and New Star…
