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More Dead Money
The sector and financial-flow accounts released with today’s GDP figures indicate an expansion of the pool of dead money flagged by this blog and by Mark Carney. The National Balance…
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Unionization and Labour Market Performance
Ranking of Canadian Provinces (Out of 60) Labour Market Unionization Rate Performance…
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Looming increases to food prices will create more challenges to reducing poverty in Manitoba
Early last year stories hit the news about the potential for food prices to rise throughout 2011. Commodities prices for wheat, corn, sugar, and others…
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Labour Market Regulation and Labour Market Performance
A release by the Fraser Institute – Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States, 2012 Edition – registers as a spectacular own goal. The Fraser…
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Raising Saskatchewan’s Minimum Wage
Saskatchewan Federation of Labour president Larry Hubich and I have the following joint op-ed in today’s Regina Leader-Post (page A10). It’s been fourteen years since I first wrote into The Leader-Post advocating…
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Harper in the Arctic — the End of Ice Tour?
human security means protecting fundamental freedoms – freedoms that are the essence of life. It means protecting people from critical (severe) and pervasive (widespread) threats…
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CCPA-NS releases first ever Alternative Municipal Budget for the HRM
Halifax, NS—Now is the time to have serious discussions about what kind of community Halifax residents want for themselves and their neighbours. That’s why the…
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A Sustainable Vision for Our Community
Alternative Municipal Budget for the Halifax Regional Municipality Download 1.82 MB80 pages A Sustainable Vision for our Community: Alternative Municipal Budget for the Halifax Regional…
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The Threat of Right-to-Work Laws and the Need for Social Solidarity
A major confrontation is shaping up between progressive elements of Canadian society associated with the trade union movement and social democracy, and anti-union organizations (many…
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Bank of Canada President says to end privatization of gains and socialization of losses
Here in BC Bank of Canada President Mark Carney’s speech to the Canadian Auto Workers convention got less attention than it seemed to get back…
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Dead Money
Kudos to Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney for raising the profile of the over $500 billion Canadian corporations are holding in excess cash surpluses…
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Broadening the Bank of Canada’s Mandate
Yesterday, Mike Moffatt took to The Globe and Mail’s “Economy Lab” in response to my suggestion that the Bank of Canada should moderate the exchange rate. My rebuttal of Mike’s…
