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Manitoba

News & Commentary

Looming increases to food prices will create more challenges to reducing poverty in Manitoba
Early last year stories hit the news about the potential for food prices to rise throughout 2011. Commodities prices for wheat, corn, sugar, and others…
August 31, 2012
National Office

News & Commentary

Labour Market Regulation and Labour Market Performance
A release by the Fraser Institute – Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States, 2012 Edition – registers as a spectacular own goal. The Fraser…
August 30, 2012
Saskatchewan

News & Commentary

Raising Saskatchewan’s Minimum Wage
Saskatchewan Federation of Labour president Larry Hubich and I have the following joint op-ed in today’s Regina Leader-Post (page A10). It’s been fourteen years since I first wrote into The Leader-Post advocating…
August 29, 2012
National Office

News & Commentary

Harper in the Arctic — the End of Ice Tour?
human security means protecting fundamental freedoms – freedoms that are the essence of life. It means protecting people from critical (severe) and pervasive (widespread) threats…
August 28, 2012
Nova Scotia

Alternative Federal Budget
Government Finance
Infrastructure, Cities & Transit
News Release

CCPA-NS releases first ever Alternative Municipal Budget for the HRM
Halifax, NS—Now is the time to have serious discussions about what kind of community Halifax residents want for themselves and their neighbours. That’s why the…
August 28, 2012
Nova Scotia

Alternative Federal Budget
Infrastructure, Cities & Transit
Reports

A Sustainable Vision for Our Community
Alternative Municipal Budget for the Halifax Regional Municipality Download 1.82 MB80 pages A Sustainable Vision for our Community: Alternative Municipal Budget for the Halifax Regional…
August 28, 2012
Manitoba

Employment & Labour

The Threat of Right-to-Work Laws and the Need for Social Solidarity
A major confrontation is shaping up between progressive elements of Canadian society associated with the trade union movement and social democracy, and anti-union organizations (many…
August 28, 2012
BC

Employment & Labour
Income & Wages
Policy Note
The Economy

Bank of Canada President says to end privatization of gains and socialization of losses
Here in BC Bank of Canada President Mark Carney’s speech to the Canadian Auto Workers convention got less attention than it seemed to get back…
August 24, 2012
National Office

News & Commentary

Dead Money
Kudos to Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney for raising the profile of the over $500 billion Canadian corporations are holding in excess cash surpluses…
August 23, 2012

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