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Wall expands private pay clinics despite warning from Feds
The Saskatchewan government’s controversial for-profit MRI plan has now drawn the ire of the federal government. Federal health minister Jane Philpott has written to Provincial…
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How closing tax loopholes could pay for a green economy
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Kinder Morgan’s pipeline sales pitch: Too good to be true?
After the federal approval of Kinder-Morgan’s controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX), Alberta Premier Rachel Notley came to BC to sell the pipeline’s economic benefits.…
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BC is on track to have a massive budget surplus this year according to the November update on provincial finances. At the end of the…
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Recap of our 2016 Rosenbluth Lecture with Pierre Fortin
This year, CCPA-BC’s annual Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture featured economist Pierre Fortin, who shared lessons from Quebec’s experience with low-fee, publicly funded child care. Professor…
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Ten things to know about Canadian attempts to count homelessness through Point-in-Time Counts
Alberta’s seven largest municipalities recently released early results of a provincially-coordinated effort to enumerate and survey persons experiencing homelessness. Most of these communities reported reductions in homelessness,…
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Des services de garde pour nous tous et toutes
Des services de garde universels pour l’ensemble des Canadiens en 2020 Download 318.54 KB26 pages Il est inquiétant, quoique pas étonnant, de constater que malgré…
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Child care for all of us
Universal child care for Canadians by 2020 Download 177.86 KB21 pages It is disturbing but not surprising that, despite some initiatives in a number of…
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Work Life: Portage la Prairie P3 decision fails public interest test
Pursuant to new provincial and federal effluent guidelines, the City of Portage la Prairie is required to upgrade its wastewater facilities, known as the Water…
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