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Manitoba

Employment & Labour
Reports

Migrant Voices
Stories of Agricultural Migrant Workers in Manitoba Download 1.26 MB 52 pages The Migrant Worker’s Solidarity Network (MWSN), a group that interacts with and advocates…
May 15, 2013
National Office

News & Commentary
Quebec

Any jokes in it? Cultural exception and state funding for the film industry
France and Québec have sealed alliances in the past to defend the principle of cultural exception. It essentially aims at limiting the effects of globalization…
May 14, 2013
Manitoba

Employment & Labour

Migrant Voices
Migrant Workers in Manitoba Each year up to 400 Mexican men – migrant workers under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program 1 (SAWP) – work on…
May 14, 2013
National Office

News & Commentary

New Mining Royalties: Much ado about nothing
On Monday, the Parti québécois government announced a new mining royalty regime. Its hybrid proposal combines aspects from two types of royalty systems: profit based…
May 13, 2013
Saskatchewan

News & Commentary

On the Abuse of Language: “Modernizing” Labour Relations
The government of Saskatchewan is currently undertaking a controversial overhaul of the province’s labour legislation into the mammoth omnibus Bill 85. But those that might…
May 13, 2013
BC

Housing & Homelessness
Income & Wealth Inequality

A poverty reduction plan for BC
Targeted government spending saves billions of dollars in the long term We’ve heard a lot about government spending recently. The Liberals released their “spend-o-meter” charting…
May 13, 2013
BC

Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note
The Economy

The Green Part of Green
Unlike a number of green advocates, political and otherwise, I think there can be some significant benefit for British Columbians from the development of LNG…
May 10, 2013
National Office

News & Commentary

Dude, where’s my job?
The real unemployment rate for Canadians over 25 was 8.8% in April. Not great, for sure, but slightly better than it was in 2009. For youth 15-24,…
May 10, 2013
BC

Policy Note
The Economy

Reality check on government spending: is the overspending fear mongering justified
Both main parties in this election campaign are accusing the other of being big spenders. The BC Liberals claim the BC NDP is making election…
May 9, 2013

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