News & Research

Can We Finally Move Forward to Improve Health Care?

February 1, 2003

All social and economic problems caused by an unfair distribution of wealth

“The world holds enough to satisfy everyone’s need,” Mahatma Gandhi once observed, “but not everyone’s greed.” In these few words he identified the main cause…

February 1, 2003

Government Finance

Public Services & Privatization

No change of course in BC Budget means painful and unnecessary cuts continue

Many British Columbians were hoping that Tuesday’s provincial budget would bring a compassionate re-think of the government’s fiscal plan. Unfortunately, the pain and upheaval of…

February 1, 2003

Economic Indicators

Employment & Labour

Municipalities

Olympic trade-offs

Proponents of the 2010 Winter Olympics claim that the Games will provide major economic benefits to British Columbians-so much so that the economic returns would…

February 1, 2003

Alternative Federal Budget

Government Finance

Time to rethink BC’s budget plan

Tuesday is BC Budget day. As the province stares down the largest deficit in its history, and braces for two more years of painful spending…

February 1, 2003

National Office

Corporations & Corporate Power

Human Rights

February 2003: Nigeria’s Corporate Killers

Multinational oil companies operating in Nigeria are complicit in human rights violations according to a recent report released by Human Rights Watch. The report titled…

February 1, 2003