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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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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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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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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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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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Let’s Give the Labour Movement Its Due
Unions are society’s builders, not strike-happy wreckers Given a word-association test, the response of most Canadians to the word “union” would be “strikes.” How else…
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The Latin American Revolution (Part XII)
Uruguay makes great social gains under left-wing government Uruguay, a small South American nation located between Argentina and Brazil, has been carrying forth the Latin…
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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…
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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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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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OAS, the Budget, and the Baby Boomers
The Budget justifies raising the age of eligibility for OAS and GIS on the grounds that the long-term fiscal sustainability of the program is being…
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Lockouts Almost Derail GDP Growth
Statistics Canada reported today that economic growth dropped to a bare 0.1% in January. The New Year began with Rio Tinto locking out former Alcan employees at…
