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Manitoba

Environment & Sustainability

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…
July 2, 2013
National Office

Employment & Labour

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…
July 1, 2013
National Office

Human Rights

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…
July 1, 2013
National Office

Corporations & Corporate Power
Economic Indicators

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…
July 1, 2013
National Office

International

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…
July 1, 2013
Manitoba

Housing & Homelessness
Income & Wealth Inequality
Reports

It’s getting great: Government investment in Gilbert Park and Lord Selkirk Park
Download 2.54 MB76 pages Over the last few years, the Province of Manitoba has invested millions of dollars in renovating and providing resources in two…
June 27, 2013
Manitoba

Housing & Homelessness
Income & Wealth Inequality
News Release
Reports

Fast Facts: It’s getting great
Government investment in social housing Over the last few years, the Province of Manitoba has invested millions of dollars in renovating and providing resources in…
June 27, 2013
BC

Climate Change
Income & Wages
Policy Note
The Economy

Short BC throne speech neglects climate crisis, poverty
Everyone expected today’s throne speech to be a brief recap of Christy Clark’s election platform. And on this front, it certainly delivered: only 8 pages,…
June 26, 2013
Saskatchewan

News & Commentary

The Great Wall Ties Chairman Calvert’s Five-Year Plan
The CCPA has released my policy brief (PDF) on Saskatchewan employment growth. It generated front-page coverage in today’s Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post business sections as well as this snazzy online infographic.…
June 25, 2013

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