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Elbows up, or bend the knee?
About the authorsMarc LeeMarc Lee is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Marc joined the CCPA’s British Columbia office in 1998,…
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Privatization Nation
The Canada-wide Failure of Privatization, Outsourcing and Public-Private Partnerships Download 1.16 MB 28 pages Given more than 30 years of experience with privatization, one might…
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Citizenship and Precarious Labour in Canadian Agriculture
Download 1.44 MB36 pages Based on interviews with 200 farmworkers, as well as representatives from industry, advocates and civil servants, this study finds that most…
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Pension funds at risk due to fossil fuel assets: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Canadian pension funds are exposed to a wide range of risks from their holdings of fossil fuels, says a study…
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Pension Funds and Fossil Fuels
The Economic Case for Divestment Download 969.66 KB 46 pages The study makes the economic case for divestment from fossil fuels, due to risk factors…
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Five LNG whoppers
British Columbians have heard many “too good to be true” claims about the benefits the province will receive by launching a liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
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Major new SSHRC grant to examine fossil fuel industry in Western Canada
(Vancouver) Who is behind the wheel of fossil fuel extraction in Western Canada and what influence do they wield? These are the central questions driving…
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We need a “war-time” approach to tackling the climate challenge
“So far as it is possible, Canada’s effort in this war must be a planned and concerted national effort… In order to have the tremendous…
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Real estate downturn could be devastating for young homeowners: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Young homeowners would be hardest hit by a correction in Canada’s housing market, says a study released today by the…
