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BC Budget 2017 a missed opportunity
VICTORIA–Budget 2017 is a missed opportunity to address vital issues facing BC families like persistent poverty, unaffordable child care and the crises in seniors’ care,…
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Révolution sociosanitaire : tout le pouvoir aux CLSC
L’IRIS publiait une étude proposant une révolution complète du le système de santé et de services sociaux du Québec. Les médias ont surtout retenu la…
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Tax fairness in BC? Hardly
Tax cuts disproportionately benefitted the richest 1% of British Columbians, write @IglikaIvanova & @1alexhemingway: https://t.co/iZbcztdPem pic.twitter.com/BavNnT2WWp — The CCPA–BC (@CCPA_BC) February 16, 2017 As we…

The gilded bunker: How the super-rich plan to survive the collapse of civilization
To the greedy, all nature is insufficient.—Seneca.

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…