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Nova Scotia should license landlords
About the authorsDr. Hannah MainHannah Main is a Community Legal Worker in Eviction Prevention at Dalhousie Legal Aid Service in Halifax. She has a PhD…
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In British Columbia, climate change is no longer something abstract for the future. The late June heat dome event—that claimed 500-600 lives—and the wildfires that…
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Legislated Paid Sick Leave – A Historic Moment for Worker Rights
The BC government will implement the right for all employees to have a minimum number of employer-paid sick days on January 1, 2022. BC will…
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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
Download 1.79 MB12 pages In this issue: Canada’s road to zero carbon emissions is full of dangerous distractions Precedent-setting win for Blueberry First Nations From…
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The false hopes and empty promises of investment treaty modernization
A Canadian company’s successful challenge to a precautionary mining ban in Colombia shows how little investor–state dispute panels care about the right to regulate.
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Equal rights for migrant care workers
The case for immigration policy transformation Download 398.63 KB 21 pages Since the mid-1950s, the Canadian government has increasingly relied on precarious and/or temporary migrant…
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Election planning: Ontario looks to Nova Scotia
Today’s Throne Speech was not a change of course so much as a change of emphasis.
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Submission from the CCPA to Natural Resources Canada’s consultation on a people-centred just transition
‘There can be no just transition without a transition’ Download 93.09 KB5 pages Canada must wind down and ultimately phase out the vast majority of oil,…
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Remembering Murray Dobbin—activist, intellectual, mentor, friend
Neoliberal myth-buster. Far right exposer. Movement philosopher. Activist mentor. Murray Dobbin was all of these. On Sept. 8, our good friend and comrade Murray died…
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Is There Value in Value for Money Assessments? Testing the VfM Test in Western Canada
Download 1.07 MB15 pages For governments that seek to defend the public-private partnership (P3) model and their continued use of it, the “value for money”…
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Fast Facts: The Manitoba Government Has Its Head Stuck in the Sand When it Comes to Protecting the Source of Southeastern Manitoba’s Drinking Water
A version of this article was printed by the Winnipeg Free Press September 21, 2021 If there was ever a time for the Manitoba government…
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Do P3 value-for-money tests have any value? Supposed impartial test approves P3 model 98 percent of the time.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT REGINA – For governments that seek to defend the public-private partnership (P3) model and their continued use of…
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Settler work: Answering the call
Digging into reconciliation, the TRC calls to action and the role of settlers in repairing harm
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