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Foreign investor protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Download 415.8 KB 20 pages This study examines the special privileges, enforced through investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), which would be given to foreign investors under…
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Ontario’s new climate plan needs bigger sticks, more carrots
About the authorHadrian Mertins-KirkwoodHadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) is a senior researcher and political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. His work focuses on federal…
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Evidence-based Policy – wouldn’t that be a change
The case for personal care homes Budget 2016 pledges $160 million to create 1,200 new Personal Home Care (PCH) spaces. It is to be hoped…
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Toxic landslides into the Peace River continue, add to fears about impacts of Site C and fracking
Toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, barium, cadmium, lithium and lead, are flowing unchecked into the Peace River following a series of unusual landslides that may…
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Access to information in BC is about to improve. Except there’s just this one little catch.
There was a fair amount of good news about Freedom of Information rules and a little bit of bad news last month. But the bad…
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3 problems with the Fraser Institute’s alarmist report on health care spending
A new report from the Fraser Institute declares: “Health care spending by British Columbia’s government is unsustainable.” But watchers of Canadian politics know to take…
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Why American doctors are calling for Canadian-style medicare
In a dramatic show of physician support for deep health care reform in the U.S., more than 2,200 physician leaders have signed a “Physician’s Proposal”…
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Un expert conclut que nous n’aurons pas besoin de nouveaux oléoducs si les gouvernements fédéral et provinciaux respectent leurs engagements à l’égard du climat
(Ottawa) Une nouvelle étude signée par le vétéran géologue et spécialiste des ressources David Hughes conclut que le Canada ne peut respecter ses engagements à…
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New pipelines not needed if federal and provincial governments serious about climate commitments: earth scientist
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (OTTAWA) A new study by veteran earth scientist David Hughes finds that Canada cannot meet its global climate…
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Can Canada Expand Oil and Gas Production, Build Pipelines and Keep Its Climate Change Commitments?
Download 2.48 MB 38 pages Under the Paris Agreement, Canada has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 30% below 2005 levels by 2030.…
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