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National Office

Environment & Sustainability
Income & Wealth Inequality
Reports

Who Occupies the Sky?
The Distribution of GHGs in Canada Download 340.23 KB7 pages To create effective policy for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it is important to identify…
November 15, 2011
National Office

Child Care
Human Rights
Our Schools / Our Selves

Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2011
Instruments of Social Change The fall 2011 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves asks: “If schools are truly to be instruments of social change, how we…
November 15, 2011
Nova Scotia

News & Commentary

Hunger Count 2011: Canada’s East Coast
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November 14, 2011
BC

Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Fracking & LNG
Indigenous Rights
Policy Note
The Economy

Time to give shale gas industry a closer look before we’re totally fracked
Despite the recent release by Canada’s natural gas industry of a set of guiding principles governing the controversial gas well “stimulation” method known as hydraulic…
November 10, 2011
Ontario

Infrastructure, Cities & Transit
Reports

Countdown to Zero
Balancing Toronto’s Budget Download 539.03 KB10 pages This report looks at the city of Toronto’s annual budgeting process over the past five years and shows…
November 10, 2011
National Office
Ontario

News & Commentary

2011 David Lewis Lecture: Stephen Lewis in conversation with Michele Landsberg
On November 3rd, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives proudly hosted the 2011 David Lewis Lecture in Toronto. This year’s sold-out lecture featured an intimate…
November 10, 2011
Manitoba

Employment & Labour

Fast Facts: What you need to know about the Brandon University strike
Professors, instructors, librarians and administrative staff on strike at Brandon University have been accused in the press of being selfish and irresponsible. Although it’s not…
November 10, 2011
BC

Energy Policy
Environment & Sustainability

BC’s expansion of shale gas fracking puts our water and climate goals at risk
Don’t believe the hype. British Columbia’s natural gas is far from the “clean,” “green,” “transitional” fuel that the energy industry and provincial government claim it…
November 10, 2011
BC

Policy Note
Transparency & Accountability

BC government claims new power over personal information. Public comment sidelined.
The BC government has a lot of personal information about you. Legislation passed last month means the government can do a lot more with it.…
November 9, 2011

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