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Every data centre is a U.S. military base
Understanding how the United States uses its tech companies to serve empire
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Bank of Canada has zero per cent success rate controlling inflation at present level without recession: analysis
Recession triggered in every instance over past 60 years READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada has never been successful engineering a “soft…
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Our Schools/Our Selves – Summer/Fall 2022
Imbalance Sheet: What we lose when we privatize public education This summer issue of Our Schools/Our Selves focuses on how the privatization of our public schools has…
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Shortchanging public sector workers is bad for BC
Public sector workers are in the midst of difficult contract negotiations with the BC government. The workers are reportedly asking for wages to keep up…
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Our recommendations for the 2023 BC budget
The BC government is holding its annual public consultation on Budget 2023 this June, inviting British Columbians to share their priorities for government investment next…
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MC12: a failure of international health diplomacy
Corporate lobbying and WTO pressure-cooker tactics killed the TRIPS waiver. Countries must find the courage to take on Big Pharma at home.
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Non-viable businesses need an”off-ramp”
Throughout the pandemic, many small- and medium-sized businesses have weathered the storm, thanks to federal government help. In his deputation to Canada’s federal Industry Committee,…
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The sound of silence
Weeks stretch to months, months to years as BC government clamps down on information When debate on the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy…
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Government to investigate deadly landslide
Months after five killed, experts to determine if failed logging road caused fatal mudslide Seven months after a mudslide killed five people on Highway 99,…
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Corporate profits capturing more of economic recovery compared to any recession in last half century
Corporate profits are capturing more economic growth than in any previous post-recession recovery period over the past 50 years; workers are capturing among the least…
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Truth bomb: Corporate sector winning the economic recovery lottery; workers falling behind
This isn’t a workers’ wage-led recovery; in fact, inflation is eating into workers’ wages, diminishing their ability to recover from the pandemic recession. Corporate profits…
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Anticlimactic and anti-climate: BC’s oil and gas royalty review
The BC government’s recently completed review of its royalty regime for oil and gas is both anticlimactic and anti-climate. After many months of public engagement—including…
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The rising cost of living in BC: What’s going on and how should we respond?
The cost of living is going up and is putting strains on household finances. BC’s headline inflation rate hit 6.7% in April, measured by the…
