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Alternative federal budget 2026: Taxation
What the Canadian government should do on taxation. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
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Province needs to focus on value-added forestry rather than LNG pipedream
With the BC government’s promise of tens of thousands of jobs in a new liquefied natural gas industry in tatters, the province’s long-neglected forest industry…
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How one company’s “value-added” plans are opening the door to more log exports and fewer forest industry jobs
Second of Two Parts For many years, TimberWest has exported more raw logs from British Columbia than all of its competitors save one. And a…
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The Great Log Export Drain: BC government pursues elusive LNG dreams as more than 3,600 forest industry jobs lost to raw log exports
First of Two Parts Its members include the most powerful players in the province’s forest industry, companies that do the vast majority of all logging…
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Poverty Reduction in Alberta
Here are 10 things to know: Since taking office in 2015, the NDP government of Premier Notley has undertaken important steps that will almost certainly…
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It’s time for the BC government to curb raw log exports and boost value-added forestry jobs, say unions and environmental groups
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Between 2013 and 2016, more raw logs were shipped from BC than during any other four-year period…
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The Great Log Export Drain
Download 128.35 KB9 pages This short two-part report shows that between 2013 and 2016, more raw logs were shipped from BC than during any other…
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A BC poverty reduction plan is long overdue
As the BC government prepares to table its budget on February 21 and political parties try to convince British Columbians to vote for them in…
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Highlights from BC Budget 2017
The 2017 BC Budget was just released; here’s our analysis so far: MSP goes down for families with income under $120,000 MSP premiums are going…
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What you need to know about the provincial debt
One of the more memorable promises Premier Clark made in the last election was the one of a debt-free BC (in 20 years or so).…
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Le CELI, une aberration fiscale
Dans ses documents, Statistique Canada qualifie le Compte d’épargne libre d’impôt (CELI) de « nouveau mécanisme d’épargne fiscalement avantageux »[1]. Le terme d’abri fiscal conviendrait mieux que…
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BC Budget 2017 a missed opportunity
VICTORIA–Budget 2017 is a missed opportunity to address vital issues facing BC families like persistent poverty, unaffordable child care and the crises in seniors’ care,…
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Révolution sociosanitaire : tout le pouvoir aux CLSC
L’IRIS publiait une étude proposant une révolution complète du le système de santé et de services sociaux du Québec. Les médias ont surtout retenu la…
