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Is the Federal Government Spending Too Little?
Area Increase since 2006 % Increase since 2006 Notes National Security Establishment (DND, CSIS, Public Safety, Justice) $10 billion 35% Non-Security Program Spending $17…
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Real Unemployment Rate = 11.3%
Statistics Canada reported significant employment growth today for the first time in six months. As Andrew has already noted, welcome strength in March does not make up for…
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HST cut in Nova Scotia: Detracting from real debate about our future
The Nova Scotia government has just announced that it will cut the HST by 1% next year and 1% the following year. This cut will…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2012
Power of Youth: Youth and community-led activism in Canada Power of Youth: Youth and community-led activism in Canada, edited by Brigette DePape, explores grassroots activism…
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What a Wildrose Victory May Mean for Saskatchewan
If recent polling is to be believed, Alberta’s ultra-conservative Wildrose Party looks poised to capture an electoral majority in the upcoming provincial election only a few years…
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A Cure for Dutch Disease
Active Sector Strategies for Canada’s Economy Download 424.48 KB11 pages This Technical Paper reports on the negative structural consequences of the mostly unregulated resource boom…
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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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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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Alternative Budget Provides path for Nova Scotia to Move Forward to Fairness
About the authorJason Edwards
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When Is A Conservative Not A Conservative?
Today we learned that Rights and Democracy — an agency established by Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1988 to monitor human rights and democratic…
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You Know You’re Not Alone: Community Development in Public Housing (the report)
About the authorCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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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…
