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National Office

News & Commentary

Blackberry and what’s wrong with sectoral development
Another year, another dead Canadian tech giant. Blackberry was sold yesterday for scrap to the Toronto private equity firm Fairfax. The purchase price of $4.7 billion is…
September 24, 2013
National Office

News & Commentary

The rise and fall (and rise?) of Blackberry – the story that just won’t quit
This is an experiment. I’m writing an essay based on my latest Metro Morning column. Each of these columns take hours of prep, so I thought I’d…
September 24, 2013
Saskatchewan

News & Commentary

Regina’s P3 Columnists
As the referendum on whether to privatize Regina’s wastewater plant nears, the Regina Leader-Post is printing a column a day advocating the P3: John Gormley on Friday, Bruce Johnstone on Saturday, and Murray Mandryk yesterday.…
September 24, 2013
Manitoba

Indigenous Rights

Fast Facts: “Indians Wear Red”
Aboriginal Street Gangs in Winnipeg They were kids when they started. Teenagers locked up in the youth detention centre, watching movies about American street gangs.…
September 23, 2013
BC

Employment & Labour
Policy Note

Stats Can rebuts CFIB on public sector sick leave
Yesterday Statistics Canada published a nice counterpoint to part of the relentless drumbeat against public employees by organizations like the Fraser Institute and the Canadian…
September 20, 2013
National Office

News & Commentary

Trickle-down would work if it weren’t for the sponges at the top
This piece was first published in the Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab. Five years after a global economic crisis unleashed chaos on markets everywhere, income inequality has…
September 19, 2013
Saskatchewan

News & Commentary

What’s the real cost for Regina’s wastewater P3?
Regina is engaged in a controversial debate about a proposed public private partnership (P3) for the city’s wastewater plant. Residents formed a Regina Water Watch group to…
September 19, 2013
Manitoba

Housing & Homelessness
Reports

Rent Aid changes in 2013
Province increases aid to low-income families Download 666.57 KB In August 2013, the Province of Manitoba introduced changes to its RentAid program benefiting many low-income…
September 19, 2013
Manitoba

Housing & Homelessness

Fast Facts: National Household Survey and Housing in Manitoba
Last week, Statistics Canada released data from the third and final instalment of its 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). The new data dealt with housing…
September 18, 2013

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