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A Spoonful of Sugar? Election budget may conceal a more uncertain economic future
The Saskatchewan government’s election year budget does what you would expect an election year budget to do. It paints a picture of a robust, growing…
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Addressing rural development issues in Nova Scotia
Perhaps the most important thing that we’ve learned after years of grappling with the challenges of economic development is that there are no easy solutions.…
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Atlantica proponents face PR challenge
The Atlantica conference has drawn renewed attention to plans for a cross-border economic trading zone. Organizers say they want to tone down the rhetoric. Clearly,…
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No Bang for the Buck
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“No Bang for the Buck” report finds that forty percent of military contracts are “non-competitive”
(Ottawa) Federal spending on multi-billion dollar military contracts has been mired in complaints of improper conduct as the government embarks on its $17 billion build-up…
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Nova Scotia vulnerable to rising energy costs and supply shortfalls: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX: Nova Scotians need secure sources of energy if they are to meet the challenges of the twenty-first…
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June 2007: Debunking A Neoliberal Education Myth
It’s tuition fees that are regressive, not public funding It’s amazing how durable an ill-founded idea can be when it appeals to the biases of…
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June 2007: The Economic Costs of Poverty
Ending child poverty has economic as well as moral benefits The main arguments raised for reducing the appallingly high rate of childhood poverty in Canada…
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June 2007: Hearing on North American Security and Prosperity Partnership
CCPA Executive Director addresses Commons committee The Commons Standing Committee on International Trade held hearings last month on Canada-U.S. relations, with a special focus on…
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June 2007: Whose Canada?
Who’ll shape our future? All Canadians or just the élites? The CCPA has been for more than two decades at the forefront of analysis on…
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June 2007: The Wrong “Solution” To Pollution
Nuclear power won’t clean up the Alberta tar sands The very biggest environmental issue in Canada is the Alberta oil sands project. Though only partially…
