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Digital divergence splits another WTO ministerial
As the international moratorium on taxing digital trade lapses, Canada and others seek to make it permanent through a controversial agreement
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61 BC experts in labour law, policy and economics urge the BC government to bolster protections for platform-based workers
VANCOUVER — Amid the rapid surge of BC’s gig or “platform-based” economy, 61 leading experts in labour law, policy and economics are urgently calling on…
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For Whom the Bell Tolls:
The Privatization of Manitoba Telecom Services and its Impacts Download 842.47 KB72 pages The world of telecommunications has continued to undergo “a sea-change into something…
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Settling accounts: the privatization of MTS
The history of public and private ownership of telecommunications services is critical to understanding how government policy can, and should, protect quality service and good,…
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Bell and MTS Timeline
Based on “For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Privatization of the Manitoba Telephone Services and its Impacts” by Doug Smith 1880 Bell Canada founded. A…
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Quebec is proposing to gut tenants’ rights with a new law
Bill 31 would remove some significant rights from tenants, and hand over more discretionary power to landlords
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BC’s Housing Supply Act could help break housing gridlock
As the housing crisis continues apace, the BC government is moving ahead with implementation of the Housing Supply Act, passed in November. This is good…
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CERB helped jobless workers rebound from massive pandemic-related unemployment: Survey
New report shows positive impact on CERB recipients READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A national survey of Canadian workers who received the Canada Emergency Response…
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CERB: More than just an income program
CERB played a key role easing the transition back to work Download 6.34 MB 37 pages The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020…
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CCPA-NS Annual Report 2022
Download 1.03 MB 13 pages In 2022 the NS Office published on a range of important policy issues including reimagining the role of Immigration retention…
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Eastern Canada needs to speed up its climate transition
Organized opposition has already put the stop to a number of fossil fuel projects in Eastern Canada—it’s time to put the stake through the industry…
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The Bank of Canada’s obsession with interest rate hikes is hurting households: How did we get here and what are the alternatives?
The Bank of Canada’s June decision to raise its overnight, or policy, interest rate to 4.75% is predicated on cooling an overly strong economy afflicted…
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Quebec was a hotbed of COVID-19 transmission—what went wrong?
Quebec took an authoritarian approach to COVID-19 instead of dealing with the elephant in the room: it was spread in workplaces, schools, health care facilities…
