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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2009, Volume 12, Number 3 Download 2.52 MB8 pages Inside this issue: BC and the HST Should We be Afraid of the Government Debt?…
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Déjà vu: Ontario’s recession and the 1930s
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – One year after the Crash of October 2008, Ontario’s recession is looking eerily like the Great…
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The catch-22 of low-income benefits that are phased out quickly
My friend Emily is a single mom. She works full time for a salary that keeps her and her child above the poverty line but…
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HST: Why do the Feds want it so bad?
As the debate rages in BC about the Harmonized Sales Tax, one curious dimension I’ve been puzzling over is this––why do the Feds want the…
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Pension system needs urgent attention: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA— Canada’s pension system needs urgent attention, says a new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…
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Canada-US Clean Energy Dialogue – worrisome signs
In February 2009 the US and Canada initiated a joint effort to deal with climate change issues through the US-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue (CED). The…
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James at the UBCM: A welcome move off revenue-neutrality
In her speech last Thursday to the annual meeting of the Union of BC Municipalities, NDP leader Carole James declared: “I am calling on the…
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