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The cost of inclusion
About the authorsDr. Gillian ParekhDr. Gillian Parekh is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Disability Studies in Education within the Faculty of Education…
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Shock and Awful – The Truth Behind the CIT cuts
Cutting corporate income taxes doesn’t create jobs. They may raise wages, but probably not for you and me. And they mean Canadian taxpayers are paying…
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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…
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Harper’s Record on Immigration – Lawyers Weigh In
The following is cut and pasted from an email that is in circulation to lawyers, practitioners and academics regarding the Harper record on immigration. It…
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Fast Facts: 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 that…
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A billion dollars of bogus carbon credits
A story in today’s Vancouver Sun is disturbing, arguing that BC could make $1 billion from selling carbon offsets once the Western Climate Initiative gets…
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Cynical Fears of a ‘Hidden Agenda’ Have Replaced Facts in Our Politics
On the face of it, this election campaign has thus far largely been free of what one might call the language of a culture war.…
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Why Canada’s System For Buying Prescriptions Drugs Is Broken
The current system for buying prescription drugs in Canada – a hybrid system of multiple public and private drug plans – is totally dysfunctional. First,…
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Carbon tax was the stick, now we need a carrot
Experts recommend high quality, zero-emissions public transportation system READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) Aggressive investments in BC’s transportation system will not only reduce BC’s…
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Transportation Transformation
Building complete communities and a zero-emission transportation system in BC Download 3.61 MB47 pages This study lays out a plan for a 30-year initiative that…
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Imagine… A Working Carbon Tax for BC
http://prezi.com/yo2xwhh0zjy9/imagine-a-working-carbon-tax-for-bc
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Why Minority Government is Good for Canada
About the authorsSeth KleinSeth Klein is a CCPA-BC research associate and the former CCPA-BC Director. His research deals primarily with welfare policy, poverty, inequality and…
