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Law & Legal Issues
Policy Note
Public Services & Privatization
Transparency & Accountability

BC opens door to private jails
The BC government has taken the next step down the privatization road by opening the door to private prisons. On April 28th Partnerships BC posted…
May 2, 2010
National Office

International

U.S. and its Allies Foiled
Russia, China, Iran defeat U.S. in the “pipeline wars” A major reason for the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Afghanistan was the building of a…
May 1, 2010
National Office

Environment & Sustainability
International

Trade vs. Fossil-Fuel Reductions
Main obstacles to climate action are in trade agreements Four years ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper abandoned Canada’s Kyoto obligations in favour of his “made…
May 1, 2010
National Office

Income & Wealth Inequality

Scapegoating the Poor
Let’s start blaming the plutocrats, not their victims There’s an old African proverb that is becoming uncomfortably apt to apply to human behaviour in Canada:…
May 1, 2010
National Office

Economic Indicators
Environment & Sustainability

The Growth of Degrowth (Part 1)
Campaign for fair, sustainable economy is gaining ground Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a maniac…
May 1, 2010
National Office

Human Rights

Facts and Foolishness On Our Democracy
The Governor-General is the guardian of our Constitution, not the government’s puppet or public relations figurehead Thanks to a 40-minute segment on CBC Radio’s Cross-Country…
May 1, 2010
BC

Employment & Labour
Income & Wages
Policy Note
The Economy

Job creation alone will not solve BC’s poverty problem
Whenever he’s confronted with questions about BC’s record high child poverty rates or by the growing income inequality in the province, our Premier maintains that…
April 29, 2010
BC

Climate Change
Policy Note

The Clean Energy Act – adding insult to injury
I don’t follow the provincial legislature closely enough to judge whether the proposed Clean Energy Act is the worst legislation the Liberals have introduced since first…
April 29, 2010
BC

Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note

Reforestation crisis, Ministry of Forests job cuts: op eds by the CCPA and allies
The coalition of environmental groups and unions that published Managing BC’s Forests for a Cooler Planet in January continues to work together. Over the past…
April 28, 2010

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