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Rights-Based Legal Aid
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November 9, 2010
Nova Scotia

Economic Indicators
Government Finance

Fast Facts: What kind of Economic Development Strategy requires a new convention centre?
The province’s NDP government has determined that its support of a new trade and convention centre in Halifax is in the best interest of all…
November 9, 2010
BC

Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note
The Economy

Feds got it right on Prosperity
The federal government made the right decision in rejecting the Prosperity mine proposal. The project would have had significant adverse environmental effects, and that for…
November 8, 2010
BC

Environment & Sustainability
Infrastructure, Cities & Transit
Policy Note
Tax Policy
The Economy

Big municipal tax shift a great deal for business
Municipal spending and municipal taxes are amongst the lowest in Canada. KPMG says businesses in Vancouver have the lowest business taxes amongst 41 cities they…
November 8, 2010
BC

Income & Wealth Inequality
Law & Legal Issues

Perverse outcomes of the Basi-Virk case
I — along with a whole lot of other British Columbians — have been stewing away about the abrupt end to the BC Rail trial,…
November 5, 2010
National Office

Economic Indicators
International
Law & Legal Issues
News Release

NAFTA investor-state claims against Canada surge: study
OTTAWA—All levels of government in Canada are increasingly being targeted by investors for alleged breaches of Chapter 11, NAFTA’s investment chapter, says an analysis released…
November 4, 2010
National Office

Economic Indicators
International
Reports

NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Disputes to October 2010
This report documents all 66 known NAFTA investor-state claims (to October 2010) and analyses recent key developments, including the Canadian government’s troubling decision to settle…
November 4, 2010
National Office

Income & Wealth Inequality

Ed Broadbent’s Canada: More equal, more optimistic
Ed Broadbent, one of Canada’s most respected progressive sages, sat down with the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy to talk about the Canada he grew up in…
November 4, 2010
BC

Policy Note
Transparency & Accountability

Auditor has reservations about the government’s books
For two years in a row BC’s Auditor General has placed reservations on his report that looks at the Province’s finances as set out in…
November 2, 2010

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