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CCPA–BC 2024 Gala – featuring keynote speaker Dr. Vandana Shiva
Mark your calendars! On Thursday, November 7th, the CCPA–BC Gala returns, and we couldn’t be more excited to announce this year’s keynote speaker: Dr. Vandana Shiva.
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Fifteen years of “free trade”
Workers, low-income families pay the price for closer economic integration CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–Free trade’s promises of a significant boost to…
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From Leaps of Faith to Hard Landings
Fifteen Years of “Free Trade” Download 100.34 KB17 pages About the authorAndrew Jackson
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Provincial Goverment Financial Transparency and Balanced Budget Legislation
Download 156.69 KB About the authorGary Tompkins
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December 2003: The Vanishing Country (Part II of III)
Personal incomes rise much more slowly in free trade years The noted Canadian economist Pierre Fortin tells us that, “during the 1990s, Canada’s aggregate economic…
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December 2003: Making a Living
Canada’s social activists should mount a “living wage” movement The goal of many social reformers dedicated to improving conditions for the poor is to enable…
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December 2003: LIberal or Neoliberal?
What can we expect from P.M. Martin? Read his budget speeches Paul Martin began his budget speech on February 27, 1995, with the following words:…
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December 2003: Dark Clouds Over Medicare
Storm raging over health care in U.S. may spill over into Canada Even as Canadians struggle to maintain universal health care through our uniquely Canadian…
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December 2003: The Alternative Federal Budget
AFB shows how a better budget would lead to a better world CCPA staff, research associates, economists and NGO activists are busily at work drafting…
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Promises, tax cuts and difficult choices
According to a report the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released last week Nova Scotia is performing very poorly on the issue of reducing child…
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BC’s social contract is being dismantled in revolutionary ways
With some recent privatization reversals, a number of business leaders and free market fundamentalists are concerned that the BC Liberals are backing away from the…
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BC’s incredible shrinking Environment Minister
Joyce Murray — BC’s Minister of the “Environment” (formally Water, Land and Air Protection) — does not seem to wield a whole lot of power…
