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The promise of social planning: revisiting the CBC’s Citizens Forum
During the spring federal election, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on claims that the CBC is out of touch—elitist, irrelevant, bloated. Whether or not…
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Defending rights from corporate power
The case for a Peoples’ Treaty On April 24, 2013, an eight-storey building known as Rana Plaza collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing more than 1,100…
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Temporary Foreign Workers: A Progressive Solution
The Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program has become such a mess that its complete elimination for low-skilled occupations is now an active possibility. Business, for its…
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Time to scrap this relic: Ontario’s 1999 Taxpayer Protection Act
It seems like every newly elected Premier in Ontario who wins on even a slightly progressive platform feels like the first step in office is…
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The Road to Better Public Services
It seems like every newly elected Premier in Ontario who wins on even a slightly progressive platform feels like the first step in office is…
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How German Opposition Could Sink a Major Canadian Trade Pact
Furor over mechanism allowing foreign investors to sue states could sap CETA. Originally published June 20, 2014 on TheTyee.ca Editor’s note: The Canadian Centre for…
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Fast Facts: Engaging Manitobans to Change Food Safety Regulations – the Bigger Picture
We all want healthy food for our neighbors, we all want to promote as many farms as possible growing that food and we want to…
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BC’s new 10 year plan for people with disabilities disappoints. We can do better.
On June 16 the Premier announced BC’s new 10 year plan, “Accessibility 2014: Making BC the Most Progressive Province in Canada for People with Disabilities…
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The disconnect between economic growth and teachers’ wages
A number of recent articles on the BC teachers’ strike have suggested that teachers could get the wage increases they want to see, as well…
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CCPA-NS Roundtable on the Ivany Report
What is at stake? The public interest and Nova Scotia’s “new economy” CCPA-NS Roundtable on the Ivany Report
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What are the Net Benefits of Northern Gateway?
One of the more disheartening features of the political and media commentary on the economic benefits offered by major resource projects is the general…
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Will Enbridge’s Pipeline Ever Get Built?
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,…
