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British Columbia
Policy Note
Provincial Elections

The Ghost of Elections Past (revised)
From our STV series in the new BC Commentary, UVic historian Ben Isitt looks to the past when he sees STV. UPDATE (April 30): It…
April 29, 2009
BC

Climate Change
Policy Note
The Economy

BC’s economy and the Liberal platform
With my oped last week on the NDP platform making me less than popular over at NDP HQ, today the Sun published my take on…
April 29, 2009
National Office

News Release

La récession qui frappe le plus fort depuis les années 30, selon une étude
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA – La récession en cours frappe le Canada plus durement et plus rapidement que tout ralentissement antérieur et…
April 29, 2009
Manitoba

Housing & Homelessness
Income & Wealth Inequality
Reports

Fast Facts: The Housing Crisis in Thompson
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April 29, 2009
National Office

Economic Indicators
Reports

Exposed: Revealing Truths About Canada’s Recession
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April 29, 2009
BC

Employment & Labour
Policy Note
The Economy

BC’s soaring EI claims
Today’s Statistics Canada release features the latest (February 2009) stats on Employment Insurance claims. From February 2008 to February 2009, the number of EI beneficiaries…
April 28, 2009
National Office

News Release

Recession packs biggest wallop since 1930s: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – This recession is hitting Canada harder and faster than any previous downturn and Canadians are more exposed to…
April 28, 2009
BC

Employment & Labour
Income & Wages
Policy Note

How Workers’ Compensation cut costs for employers and benefits for injured workers
A report published by the BC Federation of Labour last week finds that since 2002 employers have saved hundreds of millions of dollars in Workers’…
April 27, 2009
BC

Policy Note
The Economy

Oh, about that recession …
BC’s recession started in 2008. That is the upshot of today’s release of Statistics Canada’s Provincial Economic Accounts, which provides the first estimates of BC’s…
April 27, 2009

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