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BC

Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note

Green in a Different Sense
It is all about marketing I suppose, but I still can’t believe the proponents of the Highway 37 Northwest electric transmission line labelling it a…
October 2, 2009
National Office

Economic Indicators
Employment & Labour

Worker Militancy Rising in France
New Anti-Capitalist Party calls for a French revolution Last February, the New Anti-Capitalist Party (Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste, NPA) was founded in Paris with 10,000 members…
October 1, 2009
National Office

Economic Indicators
Government Finance
Public Services & Privatization

Perpetuating the Big Business Lie
Right-wingers revile “big” government as “creeping socialism” Onward Stephen Harper! Lead us to the socialist Utopia! If you follow the right-wing punditry, you’d think comrades…
October 1, 2009
National Office

Agriculture & Farming
Employment & Labour
Human Rights

At the Mercy of Their Bosses
Seasonal farm workers exploited, denied rights and benefits Imagine having to leave your family for up to eight months at a time to work in…
October 1, 2009
National Office

Government Finance

Borrowing Trouble
Why not use the Bank of Canada to carry government debt? Broadly speaking, a division exists between those supporting a society led by élites who…
October 1, 2009
BC

Employment & Labour
Income & Wages
Policy Note
The Economy

Will job creation solve our poverty problems?
You may recall that during the leaders’ debate prior to last May’s election, Gordon Campbell argued that creating jobs is the best poverty reduction strategy…
September 29, 2009
BC

Health Care
Policy Note
Public Services & Privatization

Poltergeists and P3s: They’re back
In February, with the spectacular collapse of the $3 billion Port Mann Bridge public private partnership, many people thought P3s in British Columbia were a…
September 24, 2009
BC

Income & Wages
Policy Note
Tax Policy

Droppin’ some HST
The province-wide revolt over BC’s looming Harmonized Sales Tax is reminiscent of protests a generation ago when the HST’s federal parent, the Goods and Services…
September 24, 2009
Manitoba

Corporations & Corporate Power
Employment & Labour
Human Rights
Income & Wealth Inequality

Fast Facts: Union rights as human rights
The Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) is holding its annual convention in Brandon October 2 – 4, 2009. There are many important issues to be…
September 24, 2009

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