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Canada’s Emissions Deception
The federal government released an updated Canada’s Emission Trends 2012 report today. In a remarkable shift in federal rhetoric just this past week, the Harperites now appear…
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“Gotta Spend Money to Make Money”… or is it “Make Money to Save Money?”
“Young people want to retire early and spend, too”. That’s the main finding of a survey commissioned by the Bank of Montreal, released last week in…
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“Right to Work” Laws and Jobs
Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak claims that passage of an anti union “right to work” (RTW) law (making mandatory union dues illegal) would create jobs,…
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Arctic mega mining — a better future for Baffin Island?
A huge iron ore development at Mary River on northern Baffin Island is about to change an ancient landscape. Baffinland Mary River is majority owned…
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Agrium Halves Potash Royalties
Agrium reports that it paid half as much to the people of Saskatchewan in the second quarter as it had in the same quarter of last year.…
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Rising Rents, Condo Conversions, and Winnipeg’s Inner City
Download 1.99 MB48 pages This two-part report explores the impacts of condominium conversions and rent increases for low-income tenants in Winnipeg’s inner city. The first…
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Crime, Punishment and Politics
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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Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2012
Smashing the Stereotypes: Challenging race and gender in the classroom The latest issue of Our Schools/Our Selves, Smashing the Stereotypes, examines the ways in which stereotypes (such as…
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The staggering future costs of the BC government’s contracts
As usual, there has been quite a hubbub surrounding this week’s release of British Columbia’s Public Accounts. The provincial auditor says the provincial deficit is…
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