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State of the Inner City 2012
Breaking Barriers Building Bridges Download 1022.82 KB36 pages This year’s State of the Inner City Report: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges speaks to concerns raised by community-based organizations…
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Infographic: How much do Torontonians love their public libraries?
Margaret Atwood tweeted in defence of public libraries during last year’s budget discussions at Toronto’s City Hall, but just how much do Torontonians love their…
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Polling on taxes – response to a critic
On November 29, the CCPA released an opinion research study led by myself and Randy Galawan called Beyond the 1%: What British Columbians think about…
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Canadian pig industry: the need for change
In Canada, large industrial operations designed to raise hundreds to thousands of pigs in confinement have largely replaced the small, mixed farms that dominated the…
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Fast Facts: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
The 2012 State of the Inner City Report is titled Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges. We called it this because we believe it captures the essence…
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LCBO privatization doesn’t pass the breathalyzer test
If your province grappled with a $14 billion deficit, would you turn away $1.66 billion in guaranteed annual revenues to help pay the bills? Of…
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State of the BC Economy
As we close out 2012, BC finds itself in some precarious economic waters. To recap, a massive housing bubble that built up through the naughties…
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British Columbians are ready for a thoughtful conversation about taxes, inequality, public services
An oped in today’s Vancouver Sun, outlining key lessons from CCPA opinion research released last week: Beyond the 1%: What British Columbians think about taxes,…
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Shale gas: “Chapter 11” steps in
Both in Québec and in the United States, public authorities have legislated to protect populations from shale gas industry-related risks. These precautions could however come…
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