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Food as a right of citizenship
I came across an interesting piece in YES! Magazine about a city in Brazil that took an innovative approach to poverty reduction and practically ended…
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Voicing Housing Experiences in Inner City Winnipeg
Download 187.16 KB4 pages About the authorCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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Well, now that Alberta is doing it …
You could say that BC is more than a little sweet on Alberta. We love their individualistic, tax-cutting, tar-sanding grit. Can’t get enough of it.…
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A Reappraisal of University Access and Affordability 2009
Download 1.54 MB79 pages Attachments A Reappraisal of University Access and Affordability 2009: Key Findings & Recommendations About the authorPaul Gingrich
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Fast Facts: Recreation and Crime Prevention:
We can do so much better Download 504.25 KB 2 pages About the authorShauna MacKinnon
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BC’s minimum wage soon tied for Canada’s lowest
On April 15th British Columbia officially wins the race to the bottom. That is the day New Brunswick raises its minimum wage to $8.00 an…
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Social assistance caseload way up
In our pre-budget Reality Check, we noted that a recession would lead to upwards pressure on social assistance expenditures. The 2009 Budget notes that every…
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The wrong kind of stimulus
I am a big fan of stimulus packages for our ailing economy. But my pitch has been that we need to use the occasion to…
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Beggar-thy-neighbour politics in Metro Vancouver
Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts made the news this week calling for property-tax-free zones in Surrey to attract new business to her city. Of course, in…
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BC unemployment rate surges to 6.7% (updated)
The hurt is on. After jumping to 6.1% in January, the ranks of BC’s unemployed swelled by 14,200 in February, pushing the unemployment rate to…
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Income Inequality and the Pursuit of Prosperity
Walter Gordon Massey Symposium Lecture Download 109.5 KB5 pages About the authorArmine Yalnizyan
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Following the money in BC communities
It is one of those publications that few media outlets will report on, and even fewer British Columbians will read, but BC Stats just released…
