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Our take on BC Budget 2020
BC Budget 2020 is light on new announcements. It largely marks the final year of implementation of the ambitious three-year plan set out back in…
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Inconvenience and indifference
Photo by Sally T. Buck (Flickr Creative Commons) Indifference, said Antonio Gramsci, is “the mainspring of history.” By that he meant it is not the…
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BC Budget 2020 stays the course, missing opportunities to ramp up crucial social and environmental investments
VICTORIA — In its third budget, the BC government delivered on the final year of investment commitments set out in its ambitious 2018 budget, but…
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Franco-Ontarian teachers join the strike: Here’s what is at stake for them
School board Teaching positions eliminated by 2023-24 (4 online courses scenario) Teaching positions eliminated by 2023-24 (2 online courses scenario) Conseil des écoles publiques de…
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Les écoles franco-ontariennes elles aussi débrayent : Les enjeux pour ces écoles
Conseil scolaire Postes d’enseignant éliminés d’ici 2023-2024 (scénario de 4 cours en ligne) Postes d’enseignant éliminés d’ici 2023-2024 (scénario de 2 cours en ligne) Conseil…
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Will the BC government ramp up its affordable housing efforts in Budget 2020?
A lack of affordable housing continues to be a top issue in Metro Vancouver and more broadly in BC. Since 2016, and in particular the…
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How pharmacare can offset higher drug prices post-CETA
Canada recently dodged a bullet when the House Democrats negotiated the removal of extended periods of monopoly protection for biologic drugs, such as treatments for…
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The Great Transformation
Social Housing in Manitoba The Manitoba Department of Families recently released action plan, entitled Shared Priorities, Sustainable Progress, is short on detail and long on…
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Reflections on my big Obama moment
In January, I joined more than 6,000 people at the Toronto Convention Centre to hear former U.S. president Barack Obama speak about “the future of…
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