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Joint letters won’t stop a genocide. An arms embargo and sanctions on Israel could.
About the authorJon MiltonJon Milton is a writer and editor on the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ communications team. His work focuses on social movements…
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BC government’s non-response on seniors care
In 2012, the BC Ombudsperson made 140 recommendations to the Ministry of Health to improve seniors care by fixing BC’s home and community health care…
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What Difference Would $14/hr Make?
Ontario’s minimum wage has been frozen for three years. Currently the Ontario government is reviewing how to set and regularly increase the minimum wage. This…
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Balanced budget come hell or service cuts or asset fire sales
The Minister of Finance on Tuesday announced the fall update to the country’s finances. There was a surprise in the works for Canadians, instead of the $3.8…
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Middle class for sale
A leaked Ontario Progressive Conservative document reveals a deep disconnect between ideologically driven wedge politics and the realpolitik of Ontario’s struggling middle class. The document lays out…
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Do C. D. Howe’s Numbers Support its Policies?
The basic storyline of last week’s C. D. Howe Institute “E-Brief”, “Canada Lagging Peers in 2013 Business Investment Growth,” is that corporate tax cuts helped boost…
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Participation Rate Lowest in a Decade
Today’s Toronto Star (page B2) quotes me pointing out that, between September and October, unemployment remained at 1,325,000, well above its pre-recession level. The participation rate remained…
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What the feds should be focusing on
I was asked on Tuesday to present to the federal Finance Committee and comment on the government’s latest budget. I thought I’d share my remarks with…
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2013 FINA Pre-budget Consultation: David Macdonald
CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald gives a presentation to the government’s Standing Committee on Finance during their 2013 pre-budget consultations. 2013 FINA Pre-budget Consultation: David…
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BC hospital P3 ownership moves to tax haven
One more of British Columbia’s public private partnerships (P3s) has headed on down the road to ownership in a European tax haven. Bilfinger Berger Global…
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P3 Evaluation: A Co-dependent Relationship?
In response to the provincial NDP’s call for an independent evaluation of the costs of the government’s proposed P3 school construction project, Minister of Highways…
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Work Life: The Canada Jobs Grant
Perpetuating Aboriginal Exclusion There are now many examples of policies introduced by the federal government that will have significant implications for Indigenous sovereignty, preservation of…
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Annotated Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy
BC recently signed on to a new Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, which includes California, Oregon and Washington states. On the surface…
