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Reality check: High BC gas prices and pipeline rhetoric from Alberta’s new premier
Alberta’s new premier, Jason Kenney, has wasted no time engaging in belligerent actions to “get Alberta’s resources to market.” Right off the bat he passed…
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Fast Facts: Education review must focus on kids
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press on May 7, 2019 In January, Manitoba’s education minister Kelvin Goertzen announced the creation of a commission to…
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Study reveals $18.85 an hour is a living wage in St. John’s
(HALIFAX, NS/ST.JOHN’S, NL)—In order to earn a living wage, a person working a full time, full year job in St. John’s would need to be…
Running from Revelation: “Facts, Not Fear” 20 years on
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Canada’s Climate Conundrum: Government oil and gas production policies will doom emission reduction targets
In 2015 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proclaimed in Paris that “Canada is back!” and committed to a 30 per cent emissions reduction from 2005 levels…
The Monitor, May/June 2019
The Surveillance Economy Download 4.51 MB Google (Alphabet), Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon. They are among the world’s most valuable and most trusted companies, but increasingly…
Working for a Living Wage 2019
Making paid work meet basic family needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.62 MB 8 pages For those seeking to calculate the living wage in other…
BC’s child care investments have major impact on 2019 living wage
Dramatically lower out-of-pocket child care costs offset increases in other family expenses READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER—Living wage calculations for communities across BC decreased…