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Time to End Tax Cuts and Invest in Public Services
About the authorsMolly McCrackenMolly McCracken (she/her) is the Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives–Manitoba office. Her research and commentary focuses on social inclusion…
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Energy security in the residential sector (Part 2 – Nova Scotia)
Rapid responses to heating emergencies Download 1.39 MB 34 pages About the authorsDave RonLarry Hughes
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Energy security in the residential sector (Part 1 – Fundamentals)
Rapid responses to heating emergencies Download 854.92 KB 24 pages About the authorLarry Hughes
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Pining for some straight talk
BC Forests Minister Pat Bell grabbed plenty of headlines this week when he said that the threats posed to resource communities by the mountain pine…
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IWD commitments on my wish list
With International Women’s Day on the horizon this weekend, I’m looking for some commitments. Women are over-represented in low-wage work. So which party in the…
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And Another Thing About the Port Mann non-P3
Now that the government has abandoned private financing of the Port Mann, it’s time to make the bigger but equally sensible leap and abandon the…
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The Trouble with Housing for Low-Income People
Download 270.33 KB4 pages About the authorsJim SilverShauna MacKinnon
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Balancing the Scales of Pay Equity
The Need for Gender Analysis and Budgeting Download 266.58 KB14 pages About the authorsSara HawrylukTricia Bakken
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The Lawsuit
The Lawsuit A couple of weeks ago I wrote that Brian Day and his followers had launched a lawsuit against the province, alleging that, “in…
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The Tory Budget
Business as usual Download 221.26 KB4 pages About the authorsErrol BlackLynne Fernandez
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Memo to Colin Hansen: Time for forest industry reality check
If Finance Minister Colin Hansen’s budget forecasts are right, British Columbia’s battered forest industry is in for a modest recovery this coming fiscal year and…
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Especially in a Recession
Private sector couldn’t survive without public spending Many conservative politicians and business executives have denounced rather than acclaimed the government stimulus plans recently launched in…
