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The Ghost of Elections Past (revised)
From our STV series in the new BC Commentary, UVic historian Ben Isitt looks to the past when he sees STV. UPDATE (April 30): It…
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BC’s economy and the Liberal platform
With my oped last week on the NDP platform making me less than popular over at NDP HQ, today the Sun published my take on…
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La récession qui frappe le plus fort depuis les années 30, selon une étude
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA – La récession en cours frappe le Canada plus durement et plus rapidement que tout ralentissement antérieur et…
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Fast Facts: The Housing Crisis in Thompson
Download 491.09 KB 2 pages About the authorsCharlene LafreniereShauna MacKinnon
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BC’s soaring EI claims
Today’s Statistics Canada release features the latest (February 2009) stats on Employment Insurance claims. From February 2008 to February 2009, the number of EI beneficiaries…
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Recession packs biggest wallop since 1930s: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – This recession is hitting Canada harder and faster than any previous downturn and Canadians are more exposed to…
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How Workers’ Compensation cut costs for employers and benefits for injured workers
A report published by the BC Federation of Labour last week finds that since 2002 employers have saved hundreds of millions of dollars in Workers’…
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Oh, about that recession …
BC’s recession started in 2008. That is the upshot of today’s release of Statistics Canada’s Provincial Economic Accounts, which provides the first estimates of BC’s…
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To Tax or Not to Tax — That is Not the Question!
It was disappointing to read Mark Jaccard’s sensational, but grossly misleading forecast of massive job loss if the NDP eliminates the carbon tax. Sure, if…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2009
Beyond Child’s Play: Caring for and educating young children in Canada How we care for our children says everything about the communities we create and…
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STV is worth trying
Great to see a debate kicked off among our research associates and others about the pros and cons of BC-STV. As Marc mentions below, the…
