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Remembering the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
About the authorBruce CampbellBruce Campbell is former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Adjunct Professor, York University, Faculty of Environmental and Urban…
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Time to move beyond the debate on assisted suicide
The long smouldering debate on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) flared up early this summer when on June 5 the Quebec National Assembly passed Bill 52, An…
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Testing the human right to water in Detroit
In March, the beleaguered—some would say besieged—city of Detroit, Michigan announced it would begin shutting off water services to between 1,500 and 3,000 households every…
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Interview: Ann Collins on the challenges and opportunities for uniting Indigenous and settler struggles
From August 21 to 24, thousands of participants from social movements across the country converged in Ottawa for the Peoples’ Social Forum. Among its many…
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Canada should get back into the social housing game
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada’s national housing agency, has undergone a profound shift in recent decades. Prior to 1993, it was the…
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Hennessy’s Index: October 2014
Good Jobs | Bad Jobs Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in…
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Work Life: Terminally ill professor pleads for asbestos ban
University of Manitoba professor Patricia Martens has one more mission as an epidemiologist as she confronts her final days with a terminal disease. She wants…
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Making Sense of the CETA
First assessment of complete Canada–EU trade deal questions benefits, highlights imbalances in negotiated outcome READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A new analysis of the recently…
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Making Sense of the CETA
An analysis of the final text of the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Download 3.57 MB 128 pages This report demonstrates in detail…
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How public services strengthen the economy
With teachers and students now going back to school, much of the province seems to be breathing a sigh of relief. But I’m not convinced…
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Capitalism vs. Us
A review of Naomi Klein’s new book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate” Naomi Klein writes important books and has very good timing. But…
