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People in poverty need policy solutions, not a report card
Last week, the BC Government released the first update to the Poverty Reduction Strategy since the inaugural plan in 2019. As organizations long committed to…
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April 2004: Cutting Health-Care Down to Size
We need to learn that good health requires more than good medicine Health-care practitioners with their treatment and advice loom large in the subject of…
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April 2004: The Circle of Life
Let’s stop exterminating the creatures we share the planet with One day a long time ago, when I was still in my teens, I came…
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April 2004: On Acting Local
Some alternatives to corporate globalization are already working It’s time to move on from analyzing what’s wrong. Let’s acknowledge that some solutions have been tried–and…
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Who will pay the price for balancing Nova Scotia’s books?
The provincial government is considering various tax measures in its efforts to balance the books. The 10% income tax cut may be rescinded. But there…
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Canada’s equalization program requires reform to meet constitutional requirements
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA-The 2004 Federal Budget fails to address the flaws in Canada’s equalization program, which needs to be reformed if it…
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Martin sits on surplus while Canada crumbles
Scandal camouflage for inaction OTTAWA–The Martin government is hiding behind the sponsorship scandal as a pretext for inaction in Budget 2004, charges the Canadian Centre…
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FastFacts: Garbage Taxes
Simply Another Way To Stiff People of Modest Means? Download 441.64 KB 2 pages About the authorErrol Black
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Government budgets about more than dollars and cents
It is government budget season again. The provincial government that a year ago claimed “Nova Scotia is in better shape than it has been in…
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Is This the End of the Era of Large Federal Budget Surpluses?
Backgrounder for the 2004 Federal Budget Download 50.62 KB About the authorEllen D. Russell
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Who’s Looking Out for Our Kids?
Deregulating Child Labour Law in BC Download 203.86 KB24 pages About the authorsHelesia LukeGraeme Moore
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10th Alternative Federal Budget targets corporate cronyism, rebuilds Canada’s foundations
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA–The 10th annual Alternative Federal Budget cuts to the heart of federal funding scandals – not with more tax cuts…
