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How Toronto tenants took on their landlords—and won—with rent strikes
About the authorDiamond YaoDiamond Yao (she/her) is an independent writer/journalist from Montreal/Tio’tia:ke who focuses on contemporary social and environmental issues. She aims to bring underreported…
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When Truthiness Prevails
Entrepreneurial education for kids won’t work Truthiness, a term coined by U.S. pop culture icon Stephen Colbert, refers to a personal opinion or belief that…
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Lessons Not Learned
Traumas and broken trust in the wake of industrial disaster BOOK REVIEW The Ocean Ranger: Remaking the Promise of Oil, by Susan Dodd. Fernwood Publishers,…
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Diplomatic Chill
A new cold war in the warming arctic? As the crisis in Ukraine continues to unfold, there is increasing concern that a new Cold War…
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Hennessy‘s Index: May 2014
Middle Class Angst Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world.…
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Work Life: More than a Dream
Many of us have, like John Lennon, imagined a world without war, greed, hunger or possessions. There are those rare individuals who insist that we…
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Don’t believe the (LNG) hype
Today we released a new report, Path to Prosperity? A Closer Look at British Columbia’s Natural Gas Royalties and Proposed LNG Income Tax, about liquefied…
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BC government urged to lower expectations for LNG-based “Prosperity Fund”
New report shows that $100 billion from liquified natural gas “not likely to be realized given real world conditions” READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver-–A…
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Path to Prosperity?
A Closer Look at British Columbia’s Natural Gas Royalties and Proposed LNG Income Tax Download 824.06 KB 15 pages This report examines the assumptions behind…
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New Living Wage Reports Force Us to Look at Child Poverty in the City
There reports released today show that the costs of supporting a family are rising fast in the three largest urban areas of our province, home…
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The Plane That Ate the Canadian Military
Life-Cycle Cost of F-35 Fleet Could Reach $126 Billion Download 754.47 KB 32 pages The cost of F-35s first became an issue in July 2010…
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Working for a Living Wage 2014
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.52 MB8 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments Living Wage…
