• The gilded bunker: How the super-rich plan to survive the collapse of civilization

    To the greedy, all nature is insufficient.—Seneca.

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    The problem with tax cuts: The promise doesn’t match the reality

    The big news item in yesterday’s BC throne speech was that the Premier’s plan to relieve affordability pressures for families will include tax cuts of some sort.…

  • EU parliament ratifies CETA (only three dozen more votes to go)

    Photo of today’s protest outside the European Parliament by Blair Redlin of the Trade Justice Network.

  • The federal role in poverty reduction

    Days after the 2015 federal election, a Globe and Mail opinion piece pointed out something many anti-poverty advocates already knew: “Every province and territory but…

  • Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2017

    Climate Justice in Education How is climate change and sustainability being taught, practiced and promoted in educational institutions across the country? To help answer that question, this…

  • One, two, three, four, here are the feminists I adore

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  • The rise and fall of climate action in BC

    It was a decade ago, in the February 13, 2007 Speech from the Throne, when the BC government launched into a frenzy of climate action…

  • CETA is no antidote to Trump or his far-right ilk in Europe

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  • Today’s conservatives Are Not Your Grandpa’s Tories

    Co-ops, Credit Unions and Free Trade Policies On the Main Street in Morden Manitoba there are two gas stations: an Esso and a Co-op. During…