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Peddling GHGs: How much does BC export?
Bill Rees, the father of the ecological footprint, likes to say that fossil fuels are a powerful hallucinogenic drug. We are all addicted to cheap…
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Harper’s “tough-on-crime” bills costly, counterproductive
The Harper government is reintroducing its proposed “tough-on-crime” laws that were killed when Harper prorogued Parliament in January. These crime bills, if passed, will result…
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Budget growth forecasts unreliable: report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – It’s time to remove the rose-coloured glasses around the reliability of “consensus” forecasts used in the federal budget,…
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Austerity is the wrong move
Harperite budget can only prolong the recession The Harper government’s economic policy, as enunciated in the Throne Speech and the Budget, is properly described by…
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Owning the podium, selling the stadium
The Harper government portrays itself as standing up for Canada, but it is preparing a major selloff of Canadian interests that will compromise our cultural…
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More Please!!!
Every now and again you read something so outrageous you have to laugh. So it is with the report recently released by BC Citizens for…
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Assistance recipients on government hit list
Last week CBC reported cuts in social assistance services for British Columbia’s most challenged citizens. The story received almost no coverage in most other media,…
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Women in the Canadian Economy
Last weekend, I spoke at a community event celebrating International Women’s Day in Vancouver. It got me thinking about the status of women in the…
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