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Leaked data reveals new threat to BC’s old growth forests
BREAKING: officials in the Ministry of Forests have been working on a map that radically departs from the recommendations of a panel appointed by the…
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For Finance Minister Flaherty – and for Bay Street – tomorrow is another day
For a politician, the only thing worse than having to use up political points cleaning up someone else’s mess, is cleaning up when the mess…
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Will an aging population bring BC’s health care system to its artificial knees?
One argument you are likely to hear in BC’s new “conversation on health” is that public health care is unsustainable because our population is aging…
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Is BC’s Health Care System Sustainable?
A Closer Look at the Costs of Aging and Technology Download 403.25 KB29 pages Attachments SUMMARY: Is BC’s Health Care System Sustainable?
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Population aging not a demographic time bomb for health care costs: economist
(Vancouver) Fears that health care costs will spiral out of control as BC’s population ages are greatly exaggerated, according to a new study released today…
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Conservative ideology dressed in rhetoric of fiscal responsibility
We expect governments to make decisions as to what programs have outlived their purpose or are deemed a waste of resources. We also expect governments…
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A better way to set welfare rates
Last week’s announcement by Premier Campbell that the government will increase the shelter allowance for people receiving welfare is welcome news. This long-overdue policy reversal…
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November 2006: Canada’s Fatally Flawed Afghan Mission
Harper is happy to turn Canada from peacemaker to war-maker It is alarming for many Canadians to watch Stephen Harper, the head of a minority…
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November 2006: How Canadians “Protect” in Haiti
Canada complicit in suppressing democracy in Haiti Does the Canadian-promoted “Responsibility to Protect” doctrine in Haiti include murder, rape, and threats of violence? That’s the…
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November 2006: Rethinking Canada’s Higher Education Policy
Corporatization of universities more harmful than helpful Over the last 30 years, there has been a dramatic shift in the Canadian government’s conception of and…
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November 2006: Thinking the Apocalyptic Unthinkable
Oil-dependent civilization will end before century does Whether the human species will survive this century is now—or should be—the main concern of everyone. It’s no…
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Our Schools Our Selves: Fall 2006
The Myth of the Entrepreneur in Business Education Attachments Our Schools Our Selves: Fall 2006: The Myth of the Entrepreneur in Business Education
