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Trump crashes Canada’s Trans Pacific Partnership party
About the authorStuart TrewStuart serves as director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP), which pools the expertise of academic, labour and non-governmental…
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Beyond the crisis
Ten propositions for a resurgence of the progressive movement The Hon. Ed Broadbent was the lunchtime speaker at an Alternative Federal Budget Roundtable held in…
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Technology and the future of public health care
A couple years ago I put out a report for the CCPA that crunched the numbers on health care sustainability (BC version here). The main…
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How high should the minimum wage be?
At the BC NDP convention over the weekend, Carole James reiterated calls for a $10 an hour minimum wage. While $10 an hour would certainly…
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Winnipeg’s Best-Kept Secret
A Community Development Vision For Sherbrook Pool Download 1.49 MB39 pages This paper examines the benefits of recreation for communities, with a specific focus on…
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CED Food Initiatives in Inner City Saskatoon and Winnipeg
Very Much Alive at Twenty Year Mark Download 711.86 KB 21 pages Food insecurity is a serious concern in Canadian inner-cities. This is a challenge…
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The Regina Manifesto is Still Relevant
Adopted in 1933, it’s a Manifesto that could be written today During the Depression of the 1930s, the League for Social Reconstruction (LSR), a progressive…
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The Latin American Revolution (Part IV)
The Bolivarian Revolution gives real power to the people An interview with Julio Chavez by Asad Ismi Julio Chavez is one of the leaders of…
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Frack Attack
New, dirty gas drilling method threatens drinking water A technology used by the oil and gas industry to obtain natural gas is raising major concerns…
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The Case for Economic Planning
Companies plan for the future. Why shouldn’t governments? Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne recently unveiled Chrysler’s five-year operating plan. That a corporation should develop a strategic…
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Canada’s Sub-prime Mortgage Time Bomb
Harper government is now the world’s biggest sub-prime lender What do the mid-recession housing boom and the Harper Conservatives’ rise in the polls have in…
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Planning for Prosperity
What’s Partnership Got To Do With It? Speech Presented to the Strategic Partnership Public Policy Symposium St. John’s, Newfoundland and LabradorNovember 27, 2009 Almost a…
