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This election we need a conversation about phasing out fossil fuels
In this BC election, we need to have a real conversation about upping our climate game. That means phasing out the production and consumption of…
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CCPS-NS Fall 2008 Newsletter
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October 2008: Foreign Ownership
Canada “open for business”—especially non-Canadian business A miracle occurred on May 9, 2008, right here in Canada. For the first time in 23 years, that…
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October 2008: We’re the Major Supplier of Uranium for Nuclear Weapons
Canada is violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty An Interview with Professor Jim Harding While the U.S. appears to be on the verge of attacking Iran…
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October 2008: An Unbefitting Retrofit
Quebec government flouts its own policies on nuclear power While the rest of the world was focused on the Beijing Olympics last summer, the Quebec…
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October 2008: Prescription for Trouble
Government’s links to Big Pharma threat to public health Does anyone remember that the Conservative party, just four years ago, promised to implement a national…
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October 2008: Poverty Amidst Plenty
Why isn’t inequality a key issue in the latest election? This column is being written in the middle of a federal election campaign, the outcome…
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October 2008: Horrendous Health and Environmental Toll
Downstream from the tar sands, people are sick, dying There’s deformed pickerel in Lake Athabasca… Pushed-in faces, bulging eyes, humped back, crooked tails… never used…
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October 2008: Health Canada and Drug Safety
More people exposed to unsafe drugs before withdrawal Evaluating the safety of prescription drugs prior to approval and monitoring their safety once they have been…
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Corporate social responsibility means paying a living wage
Making paid work meet basic family needs Families who work for low wages often face impossible choices: buy clothes or heat the house, feed the…
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Living wage shows real cost of raising a family
Would lift thousands out of poverty, share prosperity of BC’s economy READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) A new study calls on major public and…
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Working for a Living Wage 2008
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Vancouver and Victoria Download 2.85 MB 52 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments…
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“Unfree” Farm Labour in British Columbia?
The sudden firing and repatriation of 14 Mexican agricultural workers from an Abbotsford greenhouse earlier this month once again highlights the exploitive nature of Canada’s…
