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Manitoba

Corporations & Corporate Power
Human Rights
Infrastructure, Cities & Transit

Fast Facts: The Councils of Women vs. the municipal corporate utility
Last fall there was growing concern about a proposal to convert the City of Winnipeg Water and Waste Department into a stand-alone municipal utility and…
September 17, 2009
BC

Education
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note
Tax Policy
The Economy

What should our government be spending money on?
One question that is missing from the public debate on deficits and debt is whether we’re getting the best bang for the stimulus buck. Even…
September 16, 2009
BC

Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note

That sinking feeling: BC’s forests and CO2 emissions
As everyone knows, BC has a lot of trees. From a climate change perspective the nice thing about trees (forests, really) is that they suck…
September 15, 2009
BC

Policy Note
The Economy

Putting our government debt in perspective (now with graphs)
It turns out that our province is in a good fiscal position to engage in deficit-financing at this time. BC’s debt-to GDP ratio has been…
September 15, 2009
BC

Policy Note
The Economy

Should we be afraid of the government debt?
Governments around the world are running large deficits in order to prop up their economies and dampen the hit of the global recession. For almost…
September 15, 2009
BC

Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note

Out of the Closet on Site C
For years, successive BC governments have forbidden any new large-scale hydro dams. When I was on the BC Hydro Board of Directors in the mid-1990s,…
September 14, 2009
National Office

Economic Indicators
Government Finance
International
News Release

Inflation-obsessed central bank could impede Canada’s recovery: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada is not up to the challenges brought on by the world financial crisis, says…
September 14, 2009
National Office

Government Finance
Income & Wealth Inequality
International
Reports

The Recession and the World Financial Crisis Brings Challenges and Change to Canada’s Central Bank
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September 14, 2009
BC

Children & Youth
Education
Policy Note

And from the department of kicking kittens……
Vaughn Palmer asked the Finance Minister a question in the Budget lock-up on the day of the Budget speech. How about a list of all…
September 11, 2009

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