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Workers’ wages haven’t kept up with rising inflation: report
OTTAWA—Nearly two-thirds of Canadian workers’ wages are falling behind rising inflation, leaving them increasingly in a pressure cooker situation, according to a new report from…
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BC needs a public intercity transportation service
Northern British Columbia is a vast, rugged, mostly mountainous area roughly the size of France. In winter, its two-lane public highways often get hit with…
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How should Ontario fight inflation? By fighting inequality
As pundits puzzle over the problem of inflation, some provincial governments are taking action. Methods differ, but they are all based on the same idea:…
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Budget 2022: Some progress, but no need for panic at the country club
Our analysis of the 2022 federal budget
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Fast Facts: Cosmetic Pesticide Ban needs to continue
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 7, 2022 Geese flying overhead. A warm sun. Puddles. For a winter-weary Manitoba, Spring is finally making…
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Federal budget makes inroads into dental care; Missed opportunity on pharmacare and long-term care
There’s room to go bolder on climate change, housing, EI, the care economy, taxes READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA —Today’s federal commitment to create…
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The Revolving Door: Troubling questions raised as BC’s chief forester prepares to work for global wood pellet giant, Drax
At mid-afternoon on Monday (April 4), senior staff at British Columbia’s Ministry of Forests were told that one of their highest-ranking members—the province’s chief forester,…
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Back on Track or Falling Backwards? 2022-23 Saskatchewan provincial budget analysis
The budget attempts to turn the page from COVID-19, but the pandemic is still raging and there’s little vision for a future economy that deals…
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In March 2020, our world stopped: Seven charts to understand two years of COVID-19
The pandemic, through the eyes of our researchers
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