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Increased public funding for private schools is dividing us, and needs to stop
About the authorPatti BacchusPatti Bacchus was the Vancouver School Board’s longest serving board chair and has written extensively on public education issues, in numerous publications.…
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Is Harper The Best Person to Manage the Economic Recovery?
About the authorBruce CampbellBruce Campbell is former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Adjunct Professor, York University, Faculty of Environmental and Urban…
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Day of Mourning for killed and injured workers
It’s worth remembering that April 28th is the day of mourning for workers who were injured or who have lost their lives as a result…
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Temporary foreign workers and the election
A major issue getting scant debate An election should be a time to discuss key policy directions. One of the biggest policy transformations in the…
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How Much Would Harper Cost Your Province?
As I note in the following op-ed in today’s Toronto Star, federal Conservative election promises entail significant fiscal costs for provincial governments. It is not the first time…
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How to Help the Long Term Unemployed
The OECD have weighed in on what policy measures are needed to limit the damage of long term unemployment in the aftermath of the Great Recession. I…
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The Polls and the Proles
The polls are suggesting a Harper majority may be in the cards, but they may be counting out the wild card in this deck: young…
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If Our Forests Count Then It’s Time to Count
Judging by the comments published in response to an opinion piece that Anthony Britneff and I co-wrote and that The Province newspaper published this week,…
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Electing to House Canadians – or Not?
Little has been said by the political parties about housing in the lead up to the federal election on May 2. This is surprising, considering…
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No More Tough-on-Crime
About 40% of the Harper government’s recent legislative agenda was devoted to crime laws. Most of these would have created new offences and mandated longer…
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The Treasury Transfer Effect – You Read It Here First
Munir Sheikh, former head of Statistics Canada and of tax policy at Finance Canada, has an op-ed in today’s Globe and Mail: “A Canada-U.S. tax gap…
