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Building a Stronger Foundation of Basic Workplace Rights for BC Workers
CCPA-BC Response to the BC Law Institute Consultation Paper on the Employment Standards Act Download 1.54 MB 21 pages The CCPA-BC has a long track…
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Many of us worry about income inequality in BC, and so we should. But here’s the thing—bad as income inequality is, wealth inequality is worse.…
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The Monitor, September/October 2018
Fragile Recovery Download 9.57 MB A decade after the worst financial crash since the Great Depression, a fragile recovery is obscuring threats—some new, some as…
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Amid NAFTA turmoil, Trudeau government quietly ditches progressive trade agenda
The future of Canada’s trading relationships has been a hot topic this week. But these conversations have largely been dominated by hand-wringing about a new…
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Fast Facts: Manitoba’s Climate Plan Insufficient – New Report
At the Paris Climate Change meetings in late 2015, Canada committed to reducing green house gas (GHG) emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels…
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An Analysis of Manitoba’s Proposed Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Manitoba Climate and Green Plan Download 526.41 KB 16 pages At the Paris Climate Change meetings in late 2015, Canada committed to reducing green house…
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Public and social services jobs: an economic lifeline in communities across Ontario
In Ontario, there is mourning about the loss of manufacturing jobs. There is concern about the growth of precarious service jobs. And there is enthusiasm…
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Canada’s new Poverty Reduction Strategy: Strong on accountability, short on action
Note: All figures in the above chart from the 2016 Census, based on Market Basket Measure, Canada’s official poverty line for 2015 income year. Numbers…
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Image: What do the two largest mining disasters in Canada’s and Brazil’s histories have in common?
The Mount Polley disaster took place in August 2014, when the dam holding toxic waste from the copper and gold mine collapsed, creating the largest…
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Report on Mount Polley and Brazil tailings spills points to systemic problems with mining industry
Major issues remain unresolved four years after catastrophic Mount Polley dam failure READ THE FULL REPORT HERE VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Mount Polley mining disaster…
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Tailings dam spills at Mount Polley and Mariana
Chronicles of disasters foretold Download 7.07 MB64 pages This paper explores the many parallels between the tailings dam spills at the Mount Polley mine in…
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Mount Polley four years after the tailings dam breach: business as usual
“If you asked me two weeks ago if this could have happened, I would have said it couldn’t.” Imperial Metals president Brian Kynoch, spoke these…
Nattanan Kanchanaprat
