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British Medical Journal links social spending cuts to increased mortality
An article and an editorial in this week’s British Medical Journal outline the very high cost of cutting social programs. The article’s authors look at…
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The HST and BC family budgets
That the HST will take a bite out of family budgets is clear to everyone. The main question right now is just how big of…
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Un-equal access to opportunity between suburban and inner-city youth
Three weeks ago, a 19-year-old from Winnipeg’s inner city shot two teenagers. Our city government’s response was to send in more police officers. But incarceration…
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Contagion and Collateral Damage
The Aftershocks of Global Financial Crisis Just when the world economy appeared to be settling down, Greece — that cradle of civilization, the birthplace of…
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Faux News North?
It now seems a certainty that we will soon have our very own “Fox News North” cable channel as Quebecor is poised to launch “SUN…
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Clean Energy Act will cost billions for BC
While the HST has captured all the attention, the province’s passage of the Clean Energy Act in the recent legislative session is a far more…
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If the Taxpayers Federation gets its way, we can be just like California
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Maureen Bader is inciting a tax revolt for municipal taxpayers. If she gets her way, maybe we can be just like…
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Message to Britain: Don’t Follow Our Lead on Austerity
In his column today in The Guardian, Will Hutton is the latest pundit to suggest Canada’s example from the mid 1990s is the right way to…
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Canada’s Poverty Hole
New income data suggests troubling poverty trends are unfolding in Canada Every recession ushers in a rising tide of poverty. As jobless and underemployed people…
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