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K-12 international students in Canada
About the authorNancy BellA former secondary level English/ESL teacher, Nancy Bell holds a PhD in Education from York University. Her dissertation research examined the experiences…
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Christy’s HST “fix”: politics trumps good policy
This is no way to make tax policy. Wednesday’s proposed reforms to the HST provide yet more evidence that what we really need is a…
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BC to Raise Corporate Taxes
Amazingly, BC’s government has joined its official opposition in proposing to restore the provincial corporate income tax rate from 10% to 12%. The same government that cut…
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Why I’m voting against the HST: It fails the test of fairness
Reluctantly (and pending significant reforms in the next few weeks), I’ll be voting against the HST this June. It’s a difficult decision (and indeed some…
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SaskNotes: Harper’s Renewed Attack on the Canadian Wheat Board
Download 410.54 KB4 pages Just one day after the May 2nd federal election, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz made it clear that the Conservative government would…
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British Columbia Auditor finds costly failings in Province’s first hospital P3
A new report by British Columbia’s Auditor General has debunked nearly every benefit claimed so far for public private partnerships (P3s). The Auditor General’s report…
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21st Century Globalization: What Newfoundland and Labrador Can Teach the Rest of Canada
About the authorArmine Yalnizyan
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Fast Facts: “Mean Streets” society coming
The election this month of a majority Conservative government will change Canada’s political landscape in ways that will be detrimental to most Canadians. Cuts to…
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Have we completely bought the idea that “There Is No Alternative”?
Once again, over the last few weeks Canadians have had energy costs on our minds. Prices at the pump rocketed up to nearly $1.50, while…
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Fast Facts: An alternative approach to dealing with the infrastructure deficit
In the Friday April 8th Winnipeg Free Press, Jim Carr, President and CEO of the Business Council of Manitoba, proposed a new plan for dealing…
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Memo to the new premier: here’s what putting families first should look like
Dear Premier Clark, Congratulations on your new job. It’s wonderful that your new government will be “putting families first.” And we were heartened to hear…
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On the Forest Fire Front Line: One Ecologist’s Take on What it Will Take to Safeguard Communities
With one of the colder springs on record, many British Columbians quite naturally yearn for a good stretch of warm, dry weather. But for many…
