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A missed opportunity to help people with disabilities: BC Budget 2018
I approached BC’s February budget full of hope. It was the first full budget by an NDP government in 17 years and had been hyped…
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$15 minimum wage or a tax cut: what are the trade-offs?
In the lead up to the June 7th election in Ontario, the minimum wage continues to be a hot button issue.
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Letter in response to the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Review
Download 643.19 KB21 pages This letter was submitted to the BC Ministry of Cititzens’ Services in response to their 2018 consultation on FOI reform. *This…
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The best candidate for the job? Some real talk about the meritocracy
Ottawa City Councillor Diane Deans recently proposed the creation of a women’s bureau to support greater engagement of women in city politics.
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Technology is changing how we work. How this affects workers is up to us.
While many workers of my parents’ generation expected to spend their entire careers in a permanent full-time job with one or two employers, young workers today…
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Relax. Employer health taxes haven’t sunk businesses in other provinces
The cries of concern from some are startling, but BC is only catching up to the rest of the country by eliminating the Medical Services…
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Selling Saskatchewan
A decade of privatization 2007-2017 Download 4.01 MB20 pages “Crowns are not going to be privatized and subsidiaries are not going to be wound down……
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Seven ways to grow BC’s co-op sector
On May 17, 2017, some 36 representatives from British Columbia’s co-operative (or ‘co-op’) sector met to share ideas about how to grow the sector, to…
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Is Canada taking a fossilized approach to energy in new NAFTA?
Prime Minister Trudeau accepts an award for his energy and environment policies at the 2017 CERAWeek energy industry conference in Houston, Texas (Global News screen…
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