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Capitalism is the Crisis (Part III)
Time to sow seeds of a better world, says Vandana Shiva British colonial rule in India led to the killing of 200 million Indians and,…
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The Attack on Organics
Anti-organics study funded by Cargill and other corporations Food issues have been much in the news recently, but I want to focus on what can…
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Idea Factory
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
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Will Frankenstorm put climate change back on the political radar?
In recent years the world has experienced a sequence of climate-change-related disasters. Hurricane Sandy comes on top of massive drought through the summer that has…
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Saskatchewan’s Public Liquor System Superior to Alberta and BC private retailers in price, revenue and mitigating social harm: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Regina —Saskatchewan’s public liquor system is superior to both Alberta and British Columbia’s private liquor delivery system in terms of…
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Impaired Judgement
The Economic and Social Consequences of Liquor Privatization in Western Canada Download 1009.17 KB36 pages Saskatchewan’s public liquor system is superior to both Alberta and…
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Privatizing CMHC?
In a recent interview with the Globe and Mail, Canadian Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty expressed worries about the financial burden laid on taxpayers by having…
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Keeping them at Bay
Practices of municipal exclusion Download 917.65 KB31 pages Since the 1960s, planning for community-based care for people with disabilities has been a major focus in…
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Fostering Community Economic Development with Ethical Consumption
An Experiment Using Fair Trade Coffee Download 1.36 MB31 pages This paper aims to contribute to an exploration of whether ethical consumption (purchasing commodities that…
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