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Whose nationalism is it, anyway?
“The first idea is to define oneself as a nation—therefore it requires a culture of their own,” said Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, speaking to…
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Progress is about solutions, not scapegoats
About the authorErika ShakerErika (she/her) became Director of the National Office in 2020, but began her career at the CCPA in 1997 as director of…
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Trans-Pacific Partnership undermines Canada’s copyright balance, Internet users: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Ottawa—A new study by one of Canada’s leading copyright experts finds that the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s proposed intellectual property provisions would…
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The trouble with the TPP’s copyright rules
Download 460.89 KB18 pages This study discusses how the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s intellectual property provisions would dramatically alter the balance between the interests of copyright owners…
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Onward and (Next) Upward
About the authorErika ShakerErika (she/her) became Director of the National Office in 2020, but began her career at the CCPA in 1997 as director of…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2016
Project: Change If we are as passionate about justice as we are about our ideas, then we need to seriously invest in and support those…
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The Fraser Institute’s new report, The Costs of Pipeline Obstructionism, claims that lack of new export pipelines to tidewater is costing Canada $2.02–$6.4 billion dollars…
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The BC economy’s unbalanced and inequitable growth
Skyrocketing property transfer tax revenues have been in the news the past few days, but the bigger story, well-documented in a recent Huffington Post article,…
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Trans-Pacific Partnership does not live up to labour promises: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – Far from being a pro-labour trade deal, as the Canadian and U.S. governments claim, a new study from…
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Does the TPP Work for Workers?
Analyzing the labour chapter of the TPP Download 377.8 KB20 pages This study examines the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s labour chapter and finds it cannot adequately protect,…
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3 positive steps toward ending poverty in Canada
Program Change People lifted out of poverty (LIM-AT) New Canada Child Benefit 397,000 GIS Top-up for single seniors 37,000 New Alberta Child Benefit 19,000 Total…
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Should we end the alcohol monopoly in Quebec?
About the authorsJulia PoscaJulia Posca (she/her) is a researcher with Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques (IRIS) in Montreal. Her work focuses on household debt,…
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