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Ontario to Mine for More Revenue
Last week’s provincial budget promised a mining sector review “to ensure Ontario receives fair compensation for its non-renewable resources,” a proposal advanced by this blog and the United Steelworkers before appearing as a…
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Selling the 2012 Federal Budget: Envy-nomics 101
“It’s time for the public sector to have its 2008 recession,” proclaimed former RBC Chief Economist Patty Croft, impeccably dressed and looking admirably well-rested (early retirement seems…
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Fast Facts: You Know You’re Not Alone
Community Development in Public Housing In Winnipeg, three out of five households living in poverty live outside the inner city. This suggests that although the…
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You Know You’re Not Alone: Community Development in Public Housing (the report)
Download 2.29 MB This report looks at family resource centres in six Manitoba Housing complexes outside Winnipeg’s inner city. These resource centres meet very basic…
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Federal Job Cuts: The Real Numbers
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2007 Strategic Reviews 395 403 403 403 2008 Strategic Reviews 586 598 604…
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Twelve Things You Should Know about Nova Scotia’s Fiscal Situation
Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2012 Backgrounder To help Nova Scotians fully understand the fiscal situation and the full range of choices this government has, the…
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Understanding the provincial budget
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE Halifax, NS – Tomorrow, when the government releases their budget, there will be a lot of talk about getting “Back…
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Cue the Bleeding Heart Response from SunMedia
I know it’s not considered “politically correct” to talk about this. But I, for one, am sick of these welfare types taking my hard-earned money…
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Federal Budget 2012: Death by 1,000 Cuts
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
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Academic Freedom Endangered in Ontario
Drummond Report threatens universities’ academic excellence The Report of the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, headed by economist Don Drummond (the Drummond…
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Crucial Power Analysis Missing from Courts and the Media in Shafia Murder Case
On the surface, the Shafia murder case doesn’t look like a “political” issue at all. The horrifying killing of four innocent women by family members…