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BC

News & Commentary

Comparing two carbon bombs: LNG plants vs Enbridge pipeline
With the spotlight on the federal government’s aggressive push to export tar sands bitumen via the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline to Kitimat, and from there…
February 8, 2012
National Office

Reports
Seniors & Long-Term Care

Old Age Security: Can We Afford It?
Download 169.46 KB4 pages Old Age Security (OAS) is the basic building block of Canada’s retirement income system. Canadians build on that foundation, saving for…
February 8, 2012
Manitoba

Employment & Labour

Fast Facts: Labour-Management Conflict in Brandon’s Public Sector
Chapter 2 Labour-management conflict has once again taken centre stage in the city of Brandon. The first episode involved the Brandon University Faculty Association (BUFA)…
February 8, 2012
National Office

News & Commentary

Canada’s Incredible Shrinking Population?
On CTV yesterday, human resources minister Diane Finley said (45 seconds into this interview): “As we go forward, we’re going to have three times the expense…
February 6, 2012
BC

Democracy & Electoral Rights
Policy Note

Whatever happened to gender identity and expression?
A year ago this week, Bill C-389, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression),…
February 5, 2012
National Office

News & Commentary

The OAS Eligibility Age and Employment
It is argued that eligibility for OAS/GIS discourages older Canadians from remaining in the workforce, and that we need to keep them working to avoid…
February 5, 2012
BC

Climate Change
Policy Note
The Economy

After Self-Sufficiency — Will the Public or Private Interests be Served?
It was, I suppose, too much to expect the government to acknowledge that the self-sufficiency and insurance requirements it had imposed on BC Hydro was…
February 4, 2012
BC

Income & Wages
Policy Note

Congratulations to Jagrup Brar: Time to raise welfare rates
On Tuesday, BC MLA Jagrup Brar wrapped up his month living on a basic welfare income of $610. He has returned to his family and…
February 4, 2012
National Office

News & Commentary

Is The OAS/GIS Program Unaffordable?
No. Of course not. Even if the government waves around scary large increases in nominal dollar terms. As has been widely reported, the most recent OAS…
February 3, 2012

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