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This International Women’s Day, it’s time to fight
The reactionary attacks on women, gender-diverse people, and all marginalized people are accelerating dramatically. It’s up to us to put a stop to it.
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Tilting at Windmills: What to do about Dutch Disease
In response to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s complaint about oil and the exchange rate, several (conservative) commentators argued that this “Dutch disease” is not what…
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Slim pickin’s for BC’s children and youth in budget
Just in case anyone missed just how bad BC’s new budget is for the province’s children and youth, I thought I’d post First Call’s reaction…
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BC isn’t broke: putting teacher bargaining in perspective
Last Monday, BC teachers held a Day of Action in communities across the province to protest the BC government’s decision to legislate a contract and…
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Santa Claus Delivers a Positive Quarter Despite Corporate Scrooges
The Month: Christmas Gift Canada’s economy was buoyed by Christmas cheer as a December bounce more than offset slight declines in October and November to turn the fourth quarter positive. Unfortunately,…
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The Unintended Consequences of Outsourcing Cleaning Work
Download 1.04 MB42 pages The City of Toronto is currently debating whether or not to privatize as many as 1000 municipal cleaning staff. This paper…
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Consequences of outsourcing Toronto’s city cleaning jobs
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Canadians were justifiably outraged when Electro-Motive, owned by Caterpillar, threatened its London, Ont., workers with a 50 per cent pay…
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Local living wage employer wins best employer award
Hats off to Eclipse Awards, a local small business that was one of the first to seek certification as an official Living Wage Employer. At…
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Undermining Canada’s Retirement Income System
It’s simply untrue Old Age Security is no longer sustainable Old Age Security is the basic building block of Canada’s retirement income system. It is…
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Reform Capitalism or Scrap It?
It’s not just the climate that’s damaged by capitalism At the recent World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, some among the world’s business and political…
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The Latin American Revolution (Part XI)
Latin American countries deepen integration, defy the U.S. On December 3-4, 2011, a historic meeting of all 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries took place…
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Election 2011: Voter Suppression
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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The false economy of Budget 2012
Last week’s provincial budget falsely claims that the proverbial cupboard is bare and that nothing can be done to meet any of BC’s most pressing…
