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FINA: Are we ever ever ever getting back together?
What happened Finance Committee? I remember, back when we first met, you asked me for my pre-budget submission and I gave it to you. You…
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Why wheelchair fees are not ‘fair’ and what they say about the state of seniors care in BC
The recent announcement of a $25/month user fee for wheelchairs used by people in long-term care facilities in the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health regions…
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Get a grip indeed
One wonders if the Globe and Mail’s intrepid Victoria correspondent, Justine Hunter, appreciates the irony of her weekend dispatch on Energy Minister Bill Bennett’s ‘vow’ to…
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Is the housing crisis over? Not in the resource regions
In Québec, the coming of the new millennium coincided with a crisis in rental housing. From 2000 to 2003, each Canada Day, families ended up homeless,…
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Fast Facts: It is time for a ban on cosmetic pesticides
Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh has announced legislation on cosmetic pesticides that will finally bring Manitoba into step with the majority of…
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Why Unions Really Matter
Labour solidarity key to quelling austerity, neoliberalism Fiscal austerity is a neoliberal economic policy the political purpose of which is to erode the power of…
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The Truth About Pakistan
Recent Pakistan “election” a sham, not fair or democratic The Pakistan election (both national and provincial) of May 2013 is being touted by the mainstream…
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Depositors Beware
Cyprus-style bank “bail-ins” now also approved for Canada One of our most solidly entrenched assumptions, going back even to childhood, is that when we deposit…
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Canada’s Ongoing Involvement in Dirty Wars
Like the U.S., Canada is “outsourcing” warfare in Afghanistan The U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) published its latest of many reports last February, indicating that…
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