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Colonialism, racism and the IHRA
About the authorHarsha WaliaHarsha Walia is a Punjabi Sikh writer and organizer based in Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish territories. She is the award-winning author of…
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March 2006: The Big Business Bang Theory (III)
A Canada with Scandinavian-style equality is achievable Several e-mails have reached me from readers who agree with my “Big Business Bang Theory” and with my…
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2006 Manitoba Alternative Budget
Despite the generally positive indicators coming out of Manitoba’s economy, there are dark clouds looming on our horizon that cannot be ignored. The growing gap…
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$6 wage doesn’t help youth, it discriminates against them
The idea that people should be paid equally for work of equal value is not exactly new. It has been recognized internationally since the 1970s…
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2006 BC Budget creates credibility deficit
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the provincial government is once again low-balling revenues, understating 2006/07’s projected…
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Conservative child-care plan comes at high price
Balancing child care and employment has become a growing challenge for households. Families are increasingly dependent upon two incomes. In 2003, more than 75 per…
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The Importance of Public Post-Secondary Education
Speech to the Federation of Post Secondary Educators Download 190.74 KB5 pages Excerpt:“Few public policies pay for themselves, except, that is, for the work you…
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Wanted: An honest budget debate
BC Solutions Budget shows money is available to improve lives of women, share benefits of economic growth CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver)…
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BC Solutions Budget 2006
Budgeting for Women’s Equality (A Gender Budget) Download 275.45 KB39 pages Attachments Summary: BC Solutions Budget 2006 About the authorCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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Big budget surplus a good time to bridge the gender gap
Budgets are normally presented as though they affect most people in the same way. They don’t. In recognition of this fact, “gender budgeting” has become…
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FastFacts: Prospects For a New Parliament
Download 34.12 KB 2 pages About the authorsErrol BlackJim Silver
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McGuinty government has no one else to blame for public services gap
TORONTO—Ontario’s finances are in substantially better shape than the McGuinty government’s constant cries of poverty would suggest, says a new study from the Ontario Alternative…
