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Making the Case for a Carbon Focus and Green Jobs in BC’s Forest Industry
August 11, 2011
BC

Employment & Labour
Environment & Sustainability
News & Commentary

BC forestry missing out on great green job potential
Ever since US house prices peaked in mid 2006 and the great economic slump began south of the border, BC’s government and forest industry alike…
August 11, 2011
National Office

News & Commentary

Tea Party North
Last week, Travis Fast noted Terry Corcoran’s strained argument that over-regulation of banks is what ails the global economy. Terry’s next column went even further off the deep…
August 10, 2011
National Office

News & Commentary

Stimulus vs Public Investment
A column by Nobel Prize winning economist Joe Stiglitz in the Financial Times makes what I think is an important point. The current debate over fiscal policy…
August 10, 2011
National Office

News & Commentary

The New Phase of the Crisis
The Great Recession was followed by an anaemic recovery in the advanced economies, which threatens to be followed by a double dip or worse now…
August 9, 2011
BC

News & Commentary

About those “unfunded liabilities”
When it comes to the Canada Pension Plan, a major talking point from the right is that the CPP has “unfunded liabilities”, with the implication…
August 9, 2011
Saskatchewan

News & Commentary

The Strange Case of Saskatchewan’s Electoral Boundaries
In the aftermath of the May federal election, many Saskatchewan voters were justifiably surprised by the results. Despite garnering 32.3 % of the total provincial…
August 9, 2011
National Office

News & Commentary

C. D. Howe’s Overnight Moves Need Work
Less than a month ago, the C. D. Howe Institute released a paper by Michael Parkin, “Overnight Moves: The Bank of Canada Should Start to Raise Interest…
August 9, 2011
BC

Employment & Labour
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Infrastructure, Cities & Transit
Policy Note
Tax Policy

Hochstein and the demand to cut union wages
Last week Philip Hochstein had an op-ed in the Vancouver Province accusing municipalities of profligate spending and accusing municipal workers of being vastly overpaid. Hochstein…
August 8, 2011

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