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Evaluating BC Budget 2024’s commitments to racial equity
Poverty reduction is a crucial element to advancing racial equity in BC, but the province’s new targets for reducing overall poverty are insufficiently ambitious and…
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Alliance report unites self-employed workers and solo-entrepreneurs
About two years ago I agreed to work on building a broad coalition for the Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce (CanWCC). It is the only chamber of…
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Building the trades
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday March 19, 2024
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The Canadian Dental Care Plan will have higher copayments than expected
Canada is long overdue for an expansion of public dental care, but it seems that the federal government is weakening the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) before…
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Closing the Gap between a living wage and minimum wages in Newfoundland and Labrador
Our detailed submission outlines reasoning and evidence to support key recommendations to ensure that the minimum wage provides sufficient protection for workers in Newfoundland and…
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Faster internet as slowly as possible: Ontario’s rural broadband plan
If you live in a city of any size, you might worry about whether you can afford fast Internet service. But you probably don’t worry…
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Why the Ecuador trade deal Canada wants hinges on a misleading referendum question
Canada’s hopes of quietly and quickly negotiating an “inclusive” free trade deal with Ecuador blew up in both government’s faces last week—and that’s a good…
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Spending what it takes: 2024 update
With Canada’s federal budget just one month away, a new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac) finds that…
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Cooking, cleaning, and caring
Relative to many other provincial jurisdictions in Canada, Nova Scotia fared well during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic1. Credited to strict public…
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