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National Office

Government Finance
International
News Release

That Sinking Feeling
Canada’s Submarine Program Springs a Leak Download 2.18 MB58 pages The Royal Canadian Navy projects that its (second-hand) Victoria-class submarine fleet will reach the end…
June 11, 2013
BC

Environment & Sustainability

Counting Every Drop
The Case for Water Use Reporting in BC
June 11, 2013
BC

Environment & Sustainability

It’s time to modernize BC’s Water Act
Shortly after the 2009 BC election, a commitment was made to modernize the province’s century old Water Act to meet the challenges of a new…
June 11, 2013
National Office

Government Finance
International

Canada’s submarine fleet never worked: it’s time to stop ignoring the problem
Most Canadians know the sad story of Canada’s second-hand submarines. Purchased from Britain in 1998 for a suspiciously low price, the four vessels have spent…
June 11, 2013
Manitoba

Income & Wealth Inequality
Infrastructure, Cities & Transit

Fast Facts: The Stop and the Community Food Centre Model
In 1998, when I became executive director of Toronto’s The Stop Community Food Centre, the small urban food bank was like thousands of other cramped,…
June 4, 2013
National Office

Child Care
Education
Our Schools / Our Selves

Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2013
Re:Generations: A primer for all ages This issue of Our Schools/Our Selves, co-edited with Lyndsay Poaps and Kevin Millsip, represents a departure from our usual…
June 3, 2013
Manitoba

Housing & Homelessness

Renovating Rental Regulations
The Honourable Jim Rondeau, Minister of Healthy Living, Seniors and Consumer Affairs recently introduced legislation to modify the Residential Tenancies Act. CCPA-MB was invited, along…
June 3, 2013
BC

Infrastructure, Cities & Transit
Policy Note
Tax Policy

CFIB spokesperson blames downloading for muni cost increases
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) published a report this week talking about the alarming rate of increase in municipal spending and blaming it…
June 1, 2013
National Office

Corporations & Corporate Power
Human Rights

The Latin American Revolution (Part XX)
Union in Colombia battles anti-union Canadian oil company In May 2012, the third edition of my report Profiting from Repression: Canadian Investment in and Trade…
June 1, 2013

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