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National Office

Economic Indicators

The Challenge for Progressives
Neoliberalism a colossal failure — it mustn’t be continued Once upon a time there was a global economic crisis. It was followed by a World…
June 1, 2010
National Office

Economic Indicators
Government Finance
Tax Policy

Beware the Canadian Austerity Model
Europeans should shun Paul Martin’s deficit-cutting ways Paul Martin was Canada’s Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2003, and then served a short term as…
June 1, 2010
BC

Children & Youth
Income & Wages
Policy Note

Child poverty: How does BC stack up against those provinces with a plan?
A week ago, I appeared before the BC Legislature’s Standing Committee on Children and Youth. The committee, to its credit, had decided to spend a…
May 30, 2010
BC

Employment & Labour
Income & Wages
Policy Note

Early indicators of how the recession has hit BC’s poor
Just wanted to draw readers’ attention to a great op-ed piece in The Province newspaper this past Thursday: “Recession slammed BC’s poor; and it’s not…
May 30, 2010
National Office

Economic Indicators
Human Rights
Income & Wealth Inequality
Reports

The Rise and Fall of Economic and Social Rights
What’s Next? Download 110.18 KB8 pages He has committed his life to the advancement of human rights. He’s watched Canada move from a “sharing and…
May 29, 2010
BC

Climate Change
Policy Note

Buying off industry
At first glance, the response of the forest sector and other large energy users to the province’s Clean Energy Act was surprising. Here is an Act…
May 27, 2010
BC

Law & Legal Issues
Policy Note

Privacy, Facebook and a New Information and Privacy Commissioner
Sometimes personal and policy issues collide or at least slide in side-by-side. That happened for me when the BC Legislature appointed Elizabeth Denham as the…
May 25, 2010
BC

Child Care
Income & Wealth Inequality

Child Poverty and the Need for a Comprehensive BC Poverty Reduction Plan
Presentation to the BC Legislature’s Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth Download 204.47 KB5 pages
May 21, 2010
BC

Policy Note
Public Services & Privatization
Transparency & Accountability

Summer reading: two experts on privatization
Policy Note has asked CCPA Research Associates who contribute to the blog to suggest some ideas for summer reading. I am going to cheat a…
May 20, 2010

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