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Watering down public procurement rules is the wrong way to move internal trade
About the authorNoah Fry
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Why the 99 per cent still matter in Canadian politics
A year after the Occupy movement focused public attention on the income, wealth and opportunity gap between the top 1 per cent and the 99…
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Canada vs. Norway: The Petro Path Not Taken
Momentum is building across Canada on the need to develop a sustainable national energy strategy. On this front, Canada and Alberta, its main petro-province, has…
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Enbridge testimony from Josh Paterson
A guest post follows from Josh Paterson, who is formerly a lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law, and recently appointed Executive Director of the BC…
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BC’s Coal Future
While much of the attention this week is on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline hearings in Vancouver, another fossil fuel export issue has come into…
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The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples — Take 2
We believe firmly that the time has come to resolve a fundamental contradiction at the heart of Canada: that while we assume the role of…
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What’s next for BC’s carbon tax?
Climate change forced its way onto the political agenda in 2012, as Hurricane Sandy ripped through the northeast United Stages just days before the election.…
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What’s next for BC’s carbon tax?
An op-ed of mine was published by the Vancouver Sun today: What’s next for BC’s carbon tax? Climate change forced its way onto the political…
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Dangerous Cavities: Kids need preventative oral care
Oral health coverage for kids, particularly kids from lower-income families, is something that the CCPA and others have been advocating for. It is an area just outside…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2013, Volume 16, Number 1 Download 1.06 MB8 pages Inside this issue: British Columbians are ready for a thoughtful conversation about taxes by Shannon Daub,…
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Making the case for public dental care
There is a classic episode of the Simpsons, where Mr Burns cuts the dental plan for the nuclear power plant. With Lisa needing braces, Homer becomes a…
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Correction to carbon pricing paper
An error has been found in my 2011 carbon pricing paper. In Table 2 on page 17 the results presented at the time of publication…
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Losing Ground
How Canada’s Employment Insurance system undermines inner-city and Aboriginal workers Download 1.19 MB 18 pages The EI system allows workers to pay into a plan…
