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Loop – 4 Col Blog Index w/Feature Alt

December 9, 2023

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    News & Commentary

    Talking ‘bout my generational investment: Why the federal budget fails to meet the moment 

    About the authorMarc LeeMarc Lee is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Marc joined the CCPA’s British Columbia office in 1998,…

    November 17, 2025
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    BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office

    May 2019 Download 1.63 MB12 pages In this issue: False advertising by the Alberta government and oil lobby Welcoming our new Associate Director Only BC’s…

    May 28, 2019
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    Quebec’s debt and the borrowing rate are related, but not in the way you think

    About the authorGuillaume Hébert

    May 27, 2019
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    CUSMA’s “Good Regulatory Practices” are a bad idea for workers, consumers and sustainable trade

    About the authorStuart TrewStuart serves as director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP), which pools the expertise of academic, labour and non-governmental…

    May 24, 2019
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    Why are we letting corporate medicine take hold in Vancouver’s new urgent care centres?

    The BC government has rolled out a flurry of impressive measures to strengthen our public health care system over the past two years. Flying below…

    May 23, 2019
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    Provincial Budgets

    Service cuts funding tax cuts, not deficit reduction, FAO report indicates

    About the authorSheila Block

    May 23, 2019
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    Why Strong Manitoba School Boards Matter

    Download 466.37 KB16 pages Notwithstanding discussions and concerns about recent provincial Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) test scores, or…

    May 23, 2019
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    Homelessness, harm reduction and Housing First

    About the authorNick Falvo

    May 22, 2019
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    Doug Ford’s budget cuts nonsense

    New details keep coming out about the Doug Ford government’s cuts to legal aid, to public health, to our schools and to programs to fight…

    May 22, 2019
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    International Regulatory Cooperation and the Public Good

    How “good regulatory practices” in trade agreements erode protections for the environment, public health, workers and consumers Download 5.57 MB44 pages This report, which is…

    May 22, 2019
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    Social Determinants of Health

    The case for Health in All Policies

    About the authorTrish HennessyTrish is the Director of the Think Upstream project and a senior communications strategist with the CCPA National Office. She is focused…

    May 21, 2019
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    Youth

    Doing more and doing better for LGBTQ2+ youth

    About the authorFae JohnstoneFae Johnstone (they/she) is an 2SLGBTQ+ educator and organizer based on unceded, unsurrendered Algonquin Territory (Ottawa, ON). Follow them on Twitter at…

    May 17, 2019
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    Public Services & Privatization

    Work Life: MB Liquor Between Rock and Hard Place

    The issuance of mandate letters to provincial crown corporations has put management and staff on notice, warning that “the old way of doing things” is…

    May 16, 2019
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