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Submission to the Special Committee to Review the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Download 879.3 KB25 pages In a democratic society it is critical that there be a free exchange of ideas with respect to policies chosen by…
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Visioning Nova Scotia in 2020
Analyzing the current state of affairs in NS and searching for solutions In Nov. of 2009, the Nova Scotia office of the Canadian Centre for…
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CCPA-NS responds to budget consultations
In The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein shows that a perceived crisis can be used to frighten people into accepting unpopular “reforms” as “solutions,” such as…
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BC hearts Art. But only for the show off.
The pedestrian stretch of Granville Street downtown has been brightened lately by a colourful display of public art projects, complete with benches for pedestrians to…
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Corporations are people too
Advocates of democratic electoral reform are really out of step. Ideas like proportional representation and advertising spending limits are so retro, so 2004. The fashionable…
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Waste-to-energy incineration is both noxious and expensive
At the “Waste-Based-Energy” industry conference in Toronto last November, the tony Yorkville hotel meeting room was filled with consultants, lawyers, company reps, and municipal bureaucrats,…
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Taxes and Public Services
Debate over taxes dangerously one-sided and misleading Politics is about choices. But we can’t make effective choices without clarity. And that means we have to…
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Private Gain or Public Interest?
Canadians should benefit fairly from oil and gas they own Canada’s oil and gas industry can and should be converted to a public-interest industry whose…
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Equality is the Core Value of Democracy
Stop backsliding, put Canada back on road to equality There has never been a better time in recent history when the core democratic value of…
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