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Oil and our coast – surely southern B.C. as important as The Great Bear
Like Mitch Anderson, in a must-read feature article in The Tyee, I am perplexed at the comparatively little attention that environmental organizations pay to the…
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Suspicion about private finance schemes growing in the UK
On May 16th British Columbia’s Auditor General published a report on Vancouver General Hospital P3 that raised serious doubts about public private partnerships in British…
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Does Capitalism Save Lives?
I was watching CNBC and happened to see this panel about how the number of Americans killed by natural disasters has declined over time. It was also…
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Fast Facts: Sustainable health care begins with the social determinants of health
It’s time to get it right On May 13, 2011 the Conference Board of Canada announced the formation of the Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health…
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Federal budget set to unleash significant program spending cuts: CCPA
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Monday’s federal budget is expected to unleash one of the biggest assaults on the public sector in Canada’s…
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SaskNotes: Cold Porridge
The NDP Labour Law Policy Review Download 915.36 KB5 pages The Saskatchewan New Democrats have promised to reform and repeal much of Brad Wall’s labour…
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Budget 2011 Redux
What’s New in Version 2 Download 223.18 KB 6 pages Despite the government’s stay-the-course rhetoric, the upcoming federal budget will lay the foundation for the…
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Vancity now a living wage employer
Great news! Vancity has announced that it is now officially a living wage employer, committed to paying its employees a living wage, as calculated by…
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An Ugently Needed Change in Monetary Policy
Borrowing from Bank of Canada would make governments debt-free Through the publicly-owned Bank of Canada, which was established in 1935, the federal government can borrow…
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Four Years to Rebuild Democracy
NGOs and unions must unite to set stage for 2015 revival The 2011 federal election was historic in many ways, and most of us are…
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The “Alberta Road”
Next door offers a cautionary lesson for Saskatchewan In his 2010 Throne Speech, Premier Brad Wall talked of the “new road” Saskatchewan has taken —…
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The 10 Worst Corporate Lobbyists
It’s big business to promote, defend big business interests Getting politicians to bend policy to your company’s will is a fine art. It requires a…
