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Can BC maintain its climate policies in the face of Trump’s tariff threats?
About the authorMarc LeeMarc Lee is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Marc joined the CCPA’s British Columbia office in 1998,…
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NDP Words: Money Where Your Mouth Is?
In this three-part post (Liberals, Conservatives) I wanted to take a look what the parties said in their platforms compared to what they actually want to…
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Tory Words: Money Where Your Mouth Is?
About the authorDavid MacdonaldDavid joined the CCPA as its Senior Ottawa Economist in 2011, although he has been a long time contributor as a research…
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Liberal Words: Money Where Your Mouth Is?
In this three-part post (Conservatives, NDP) I wanted to take a look at what the parties said in their platforms compared to what they want to…
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Green Words: Money Where Your Mouth Is?
In this (now) four-part post (Liberals, Conservatives, NDP) I wanted to take a look what the parties said in their platforms compared to what they actually want…
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Environmental Violence
Time magazine recently reported that particulates in the air from “industry, traffic and domestic heating, cause 4,300 premature deaths in London each year”. That works…
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The Truth About Canada’s Afghan Training Mission
By Michael Byers and Stewart Webb Last November, Canada’s mission in Afghanistan was extended by three years without a debate in Parliament when Prime Minister Stephen…
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Comparing The Platforms: A Better Way To A Balanced Budget.
A quick and easy way to get a very bad bad headache is to attempt to compare and contrast the fiscal plans attached to the…
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Afghan training mission has high risk of casualties, low chance of success
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The government’s plan to extend the Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan deserves a public debate, argues a new report published…
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Training Can Be Dangerous
A Realistic Assessment of the Proposed Canadian Mission to Train Afghan National Security Forces Download 720.07 KB26 pages About the authorsMichael ByersStewart Webb
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Response to the Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee Report
Download 188.14 KB3 pages The Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee’s report is a very valuable resource document for understanding the situation of the most…
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The truth about Canada’s Afghan training mission
Last November, Canada’s mission in Afghanistan was extended by three years without a debate in Parliament when Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that our soldiers…
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Global financial crisis/recovery: What does it mean for Saskatchewan?
These remarks were delivered to the Saskatchewan CED and Co-operatives Conference, April 8, 2011, Mount Royal Collegiate, Saskatoon. This is a somewhat difficult topic to…
