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Tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles are coming. How high will they be?
It’s almost certain the federal government will soon announce supplementary tariffs on imports of China-made electric vehicles (EVs). There is remarkable agreement among former conservative trade…
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The GATS US-Gambling Decision
A Wakeup Call for WTO Members Download 593.82 KB10 pages About the authorEllen GouldEllen Gould is a researcher on international trade and a research associate…
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Provincial policies make working life tougher for women
Weakened public services and employment standards reduce women’s employment opportunities and undermine equitable working conditions READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – The combination of…
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Women’s Employment in BC
Effects of Government Downsizing and Employment Policy Changes 2001-2004 Download 472.24 KB48 pages About the authorsSylvia FullerLindsay Stephens
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BC’s surplus of irony
The Ministry of Finance’s second quarter update on the 2004/05 BC Budget deserves to be put in a museum as a wonderful example of the…
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Submission to the Manitoba Minister of Labour on the Minimum Wage
Download 65.76 KB11 pages About the authorsErrol BlackJim Silver
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December 2004: Waste Not, Want Not
One of our most precious resources flushed down the drain Nearly a century ago, when Dr. F. H. King visited China, Japan and Korea, he…
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December 2004: Time and Tide Wait for Progressive Politicians
Only political fossils would still prefer fossil fuels to tidal power It looks as though Paul Martin is leaning toward supporting B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell’s…
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December 2004: The Right is Wrong and the Left is Right
Public opinion in Canada, as in the U.S., pulled to the right Reading Lewis Lapham’s chilling account in Harper’s of how public opinion in the…
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December 2004: Medicare Still on Life-Support
Health accord flawed by poor accountability and enforcement The health care accord reached last September by the federal, provincial, and territorial first ministers is a…
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December 2004: Good Debt, Bad Debt
Alberta is not “debt-free” when foreigners own its resources When the Premier of Alberta announced a few months ago that his province was now “debt-free,”…
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When Bush comes to town
John Hamm has asked us to welcome George Bush in a Nova Scotian manner. But being polite is frankly going to be difficult and it…
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A path through the Bush visit
Beyond the obligatory niceties, next week’s visit by George W. Bush will reveal little about the actual direction of Canada-U.S. relations. But it does provide…
