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An inclusive farm economy is the antidote to corporate concentration
Corporate concentration and the exercise of corporate power in the Canadian food system materially limits how farmers, food service workers, and consumers can participate in…
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The Growth of Degrowth (Part 2)
Vital degrowth movement boosted at Barcelona conference Whether the quest is for deeper democracy, protection of the planet, or enrichment of our way of living, the…
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The Challenge for Progressives
Neoliberalism a colossal failure — it mustn’t be continued Once upon a time there was a global economic crisis. It was followed by a World…
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Beware the Canadian Austerity Model
Europeans should shun Paul Martin’s deficit-cutting ways Paul Martin was Canada’s Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2003, and then served a short term as…
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Child poverty: How does BC stack up against those provinces with a plan?
A week ago, I appeared before the BC Legislature’s Standing Committee on Children and Youth. The committee, to its credit, had decided to spend a…
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Early indicators of how the recession has hit BC’s poor
Just wanted to draw readers’ attention to a great op-ed piece in The Province newspaper this past Thursday: “Recession slammed BC’s poor; and it’s not…
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The Rise and Fall of Economic and Social Rights
What’s Next? Download 110.18 KB8 pages He has committed his life to the advancement of human rights. He’s watched Canada move from a “sharing and…
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Buying off industry
At first glance, the response of the forest sector and other large energy users to the province’s Clean Energy Act was surprising. Here is an Act…
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Privacy, Facebook and a New Information and Privacy Commissioner
Sometimes personal and policy issues collide or at least slide in side-by-side. That happened for me when the BC Legislature appointed Elizabeth Denham as the…
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Child Poverty and the Need for a Comprehensive BC Poverty Reduction Plan
Presentation to the BC Legislature’s Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth Download 204.47 KB5 pages
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Summer reading: two experts on privatization
Policy Note has asked CCPA Research Associates who contribute to the blog to suggest some ideas for summer reading. I am going to cheat a…
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Who is getting richer, who is getting poorer
Quebec 1976–2006 Download 3.22 MB60 pages About the authorsEve-Lyne CouturierBertrand Schepper
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Qui s’enrichit, qui s’appauvrit
1976–2006 Download 3.25 MB65 pages About the authorsEve-Lyne CouturierBertrand Schepper
