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The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens the door to U.S. health care
Alberta’s two-tier health care legislation ends single-payer public health care and puts Canadian medicare at risk
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Clarity on Manitoba’s COVID spending
On March 10th, 2021 in the Manitoba Legislature Question Period, Premier Pallister cited a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and claimed…
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How to build affordable rental housing in Vancouver
Download 766.31 KB7 pages A major build-out of affordable housing requires us to stop relying on the current private, for-profit approach in BC and Canada.…
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A non-profit model could deliver truly affordable housing in Metro Vancouver: new research
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VANCOUVER – A non-profit model for building rental housing in Metro Vancouver could deliver substantially lower monthly rents,…
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Women – the real economic shock absorbers in Canada’s economy
The COVID-19 pandemic is shaping up to be a significant setback for women’s economic security, and those facing intersecting systemic discrimination are suffering the largest…
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Fast Facts: Manitoba Needs a Real Climate Plan
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 12, 2021
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Balanced budget painted Saskatchewan into a corner
Who could have predicted that a pandemic would be so unpredictable?
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Rosenbluth Lecture 2021: Peter Victor, Slower by Design, not Disaster
The Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture was held virtually in February. The lecture is in honour of Gideon Rosenbluth, who was an esteemed professor of economics…
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Roaring ’20s?
“Charleston dance contest”by Missouri Historical Society is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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Responses to the crisis in women’s employment: Do they measure up?
Governments need to step up to address both the immediate economic needs the pandemic has created and the longer-term, equitable recovery this crisis requires.
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Balanced budget painted Saskatchewan into a corner
While it is a running joke that we have been living in the month of March for the past year, Premier Scott Moe’s comments on…
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Wealth tax would raise much more revenue than previously calculated by Parliamentary Budget Officer
VANCOUVER — A one per cent tax on wealth over $20 million would generate nearly twice as much revenue as previously calculated by the Parliamentary…
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Ten things to know about the 2021 Alberta budget
Here are 10 things worth knowing about the latest Alberta budget, its major changes to spending and taxation, and its projected deficit of $18.2 billion.
