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Climate Politics in the Patch
Engaging Saskatchewan’s Oil-Producing Communities on Climate Change Issues Download 944.29 KB24 pages The future of oil extraction and transportation is one of the most contentious…
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Access to Identification for Low-income Manitobans
Download 2.98 MB32 pages Government-issued identification (ID) is essential to gain access to a wide range of government entitlements, commercial services and financial systems. Lack…
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Prove Yourself!
Barriers to accessing ID for low-income Manitobans Government-issued identification (ID) is essential to gain access to a wide range of government entitlements, commercial services and…
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An environmental mess: BC government needs to bring gas industry and regulator under tighter control
Few environmental messes inherited by the new B.C. government rival the unregulated free-for-all that has unfolded in the province’s northeast where companies that frack for…
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Ten tax myths revisited: 20th Anniversary retrospective
In October 1999, I wrote the report Ten Tax Myths. Any retrospective on this issue must examine the relationship between research and analysis and the…
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Spaces for Female Immigrant Youth
Girls Night Program Evaluation – Perspectives of Participants Download 596.24 KB24 pages Programming for youth is an important part of many community organizations’ mandates and…
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Climate Plan Fails on Carbon Tax Basics
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct. 5, 2017 A draft “Climate and Green Plan Town Hall Toolkit” circulated within the Manitoba government proposes…
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Who will benefit from a $15 minimum wage in Nova Scotia?
The Issue: Nova Scotia has the lowest minimum wage in Canada On October 1, 2017, Nova Scotia became the province with the lowest minimum wage…
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Vancouver looks to more ambitious affordability proposals
When the previous BC government brought in a 15% foreign buyer tax in August 2016, Metro Vancouver’s housing market paused: real estate transactions dropped dramatically,…
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