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Canada’s Broken Promises to Migrant Care Workers—More Pilot Programs Not a Solution—
VANCOUVER — The federal government must ensure that just-announced pilot programs for migrant care workers are not the latest in a series of failed such programs,…
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Towards a More Democratic and Credible BC Budget
Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia About the authorsSeth KleinSeth Klein is a CCPA-BC research…
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Panhandling should not be criminalized, says study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Restrictions on peaceful panhandling—such as City of Winnipeg Bylaw No. 128/2005—constitute an illegitimate use of state power, says a study…
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The Expressive Liberty of Beggars
Why it matters to them, and to us Download 282.22 KB 28 pages Attachments FastFacts: The Case Against Criminalizing Panhandling: Laws that muzzle the disadvantaged…
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Social Watch 2007: Insecurity Amid Wealth
Download 193.82 KB3 pages The canadian economy continues to lead the OECD in many respects. The federal government, after a near-decade of surpluses, expects another…
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Population aging not a demographic time bomb for health care costs: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—There is little to suggest that health care costs will spiral out of control as Canada’s population ages, says a…
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Report on the Manitoba Economy: 2007
Download 2.59 MB60 pages Attachments FastFacts: State of the Manitoba Economy 2007: Challenges and Opportunities About the authorFletcher Barager
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How Sustainable is Medicare?
A Closer Look at Aging, Technology and Other Cost Drivers in Canada’s Health Care System Download 419.01 KB34 pages About the authorMarc LeeMarc Lee is…
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Saskatchewan Notes: Women Problem Gamblers Want More
Download 230.11 KB4 pages About the authorsSonya Corbin DwyerErika NormanEvelyn McCaslinJody Burnet
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Saskatchewan Notes: Is Nuclear the Answer to Global Warming?
Download 258.24 KB4 pages About the authorJim Harding
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Calls for Montebello inquiry justified
What are we to make of the events at the recent summit in Montebello, Que.? The series of summits was initiated by U.S. President George…
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The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein speaks about her new book at CCPA event SEE THE VIDEO Vancouver–Naomi Klein spoke about her new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2007, Volume 10, Number 3 Download 1.04 MB8 pages Inside this issue: The Clock is Ticking on Homelessness and the Olympics Weighing in on…
