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Whoever wins the election, Ontario must reinvest in post-secondary education
About the authorRyan RomardRyan Romard (He/Him) is a sociologist, research analyst, and data science enthusiast. Ryan has several years of experience conducting survey research in…
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Fast Facts: How NOT to plan a city
Two issues of concern have recently arisen at City Hall – the twenty-cent transit fare hike — just passed by council — and a new…
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Inequality and Climate Injustice: A Durban Post-Mortem
The United Nations climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, ended 2011 with a whimper. After a year in which climate disasters rolled across the…
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Fast Facts: Connecting the Dots
The OECD Report on Poverty and Winnipeg’s Inner City There has been much progress in addressing the issues facing Winnipeg’s inner city in recent years,…
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A Left-Wing Productivity Agenda
Statistics Canada released an interesting study today on the slowdown of productivity growth in Canadian manufacturing. Conservative economists tend to view productivity as a microeconomic issue, reflecting…
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Remarks to a Town Hall Meeting on the CETA
Last week I spoke along with Maude Barlow and Paul Moist at a well-attended public meeting in Charlottetown on the Canada – European Union Comprehensive…
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SaskNotes: 2011 Provincial Election Distortion – Saskatchewan Joins the List!
Download 217.94 KB4 pages While winning 64% of the popular vote, the Saskatchewan Party gained 84.5% of the seats in the November 7th provincial election.…
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Rising Inequality, Declining Democracy
The “Occupy Canada” movement (with a little help from CCPA research) has raised public awareness of the unprecedented growth in income inequality and wealth concentration…
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Budgets more than numbers
The Nova Scotia Department of Finance recently launched an interactive “Back to Balance” website, giving community members an opportunity to try their hands at government…
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The Canada-US Border Deal: How the U.S. blackmailed Canada
Finally, the stars aligned and after a 10-year effort there is consensus with the Americans on what might be done to ease border restrictions. Prime…
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PEI and the CETA
Remarks by Scott Sinclair, to a public meeting on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in Charlottetown, PEI Introduction No one questions that…
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War on Workers continues in Nova Scotia
The holy commotion orchestrated by Nova Scotia employers over Bill 102 on First Collective Agreement Arbitration is not really about this very modest piece of…
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Cost of Poverty in Prince Edward Island (2011)
Download 625.04 KB13 pages This report estimates that the direct cost of poverty for the PEI government is just under 100 million dollars per year…
