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Employment & Labour
Policy Note

BC Labour Code amendments: A foundation to strengthen worker rights?
The first comprehensive review of BC’s Labour Code in over a quarter of a century has resulted in changes to the law to strengthen protections and…
May 6, 2019
National Office

News & Commentary
Our Schools / Our Selves

Running from Revelation: “Facts, Not Fear” 20 years on
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May 6, 2019
BC

Climate Change
Policy Note

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…
May 2, 2019
BC

Income & Wealth Inequality
Living Wage
News Release

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…
May 1, 2019
BC

Economic Indicators
Employment & Labour
Income & Wealth Inequality
Living Wage
Reports

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…
May 1, 2019
National Office

Child Care
Children & Youth
Corporations & Corporate Power
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Education
Gender Equality
Health Care
Human Rights
International
Law & Legal Issues
Media Analysis
The Monitor – Full Issues

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…
May 1, 2019
BC

Environment & Sustainability
Fracking & LNG
Policy Note
Transparency & Accountability

Memo to northeast BC: More fracking earthquakes ahead
Of the many “unknowns” flagged in a recent science panel report, few are as disturbing as the finding that no one can say how destructive…
April 30, 2019
National Office

Mining
News & Commentary
Trade

Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it
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April 30, 2019
National Office

News Release

Canadian investor-state lawsuits disproportionately target environmental policy in developing nations: study
OTTAWA—Canadian investors disproportionately target environmental policy in developing nations when they file investor-state lawsuits outside North America, according to new analysis released today by the…
April 30, 2019

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