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View of democracy from its smallest cog
Since 2007, I’ve been a volunteer on seven election campaigns at the federal, provincial, and municipal level. I have done most tasks that a small…
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HST vs MSP: why are only some increases revolting?
Vaughn Palmer had an interesting piece in the Vancouver Sun yesterday. In a piece entitled “Dix agenda bows to post-HST reality,” Palmer writes that the…
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Seth Klein on BC’s Living Wage
Seth Klein, Director of the BC office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, speaks about his experiences with a living wage policy. Recorded October…
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A Tale of Two Petro-States (Part I of III)
Norway manages its oil wealth much better than Canada does Petroleum is a resource unlike any other. It is the world’s most strategically important and…
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The European Debt Crisis (Part I)
Eurozone’s financial crisis is a tale of two social paradigms A social paradigm, in the context of this essay, refers to an operative theory of…
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Capitalism is the Crisis (Part III)
Time to sow seeds of a better world, says Vandana Shiva British colonial rule in India led to the killing of 200 million Indians and,…
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The Attack on Organics
Anti-organics study funded by Cargill and other corporations Food issues have been much in the news recently, but I want to focus on what can…
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Idea Factory
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
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Will Frankenstorm put climate change back on the political radar?
In recent years the world has experienced a sequence of climate-change-related disasters. Hurricane Sandy comes on top of massive drought through the summer that has…
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Saskatchewan’s Public Liquor System Superior to Alberta and BC private retailers in price, revenue and mitigating social harm: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Regina —Saskatchewan’s public liquor system is superior to both Alberta and British Columbia’s private liquor delivery system in terms of…
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Impaired Judgement
The Economic and Social Consequences of Liquor Privatization in Western Canada Download 1009.17 KB36 pages Saskatchewan’s public liquor system is superior to both Alberta and…
