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Afghan training mission has high risk of casualties, low chance of success
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The government’s plan to extend the Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan deserves a public debate, argues a new report published…
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Training Can Be Dangerous
A Realistic Assessment of the Proposed Canadian Mission to Train Afghan National Security Forces Download 720.07 KB26 pages About the authorsMichael ByersStewart Webb
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Response to the Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee Report
Download 188.14 KB3 pages The Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee’s report is a very valuable resource document for understanding the situation of the most…
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The truth about Canada’s Afghan training mission
Last November, Canada’s mission in Afghanistan was extended by three years without a debate in Parliament when Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that our soldiers…
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Global financial crisis/recovery: What does it mean for Saskatchewan?
These remarks were delivered to the Saskatchewan CED and Co-operatives Conference, April 8, 2011, Mount Royal Collegiate, Saskatoon. This is a somewhat difficult topic to…
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A Call to Action on the Forest Front
Does the provincial government have a coherent plan to address the exponentially deepening forest health crisis in our province? Evidently not, as outlined by two…
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Who Benefits from the TFSA?
This was published today in the Globe and Mail’s online business feature Economy Lab. A fuller analysis can be found at the PEF website, here. Stephen Harper…
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Vision Green
(An addition to my earlier post given that it is being construed as an endorsement – I found the NDP platform which was released after…
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How Will The Conservative Numbers Add Up?
If you head to the end of the Conservative platform, you will find that they plan to add almost $1 Billion in net new spending/tax cuts…
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Middle Class in Decline is the Electoral Elephant in the Room
In the decades following the Second World War, the growth of manufacturing and the expansion of public services extended middle class job opportunities to millions…
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Can the Partial Jobs Recovery Stay on Track?
Tomorrow, Statistics Canada will release the labour force survey numbers for March. This may raise the low profile of the jobs issue in the election…
