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Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note

To Tax or Not to Tax — That is Not the Question!
It was disappointing to read Mark Jaccard’s sensational, but grossly misleading forecast of massive job loss if the NDP eliminates the carbon tax. Sure, if…
April 27, 2009
National Office

Child Care
Education
Our Schools / Our Selves

Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2009
Beyond Child’s Play: Caring for and educating young children in Canada How we care for our children says everything about the communities we create and…
April 27, 2009
BC

British Columbia
Democracy & Electoral Rights
Policy Note
Provincial Elections

STV is worth trying
Great to see a debate kicked off among our research associates and others about the pros and cons of BC-STV. As Marc mentions below, the…
April 25, 2009
BC

British Columbia
Democracy & Electoral Rights
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note
Provincial Elections

Another side to STV
I will take Marc’s suggestion and provide a bit of information on the other side of STV. No STV recommends on their web site that…
April 25, 2009
National Office

Economic Indicators
Employment & Labour

Government pressure to cut wages will increase the risk of deflation
It is now abundantly clear that Canada and the world is facing its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. However, a sense of premature…
April 24, 2009
BC

British Columbia
Democracy & Electoral Rights
Policy Note
Provincial Elections

That other election: STV
By now, you have probably seen the lawn signs. True, they look a bit like NDP colours but they are actually non-partisan pro-STV signs (not…
April 22, 2009
Manitoba

Housing & Homelessness
Infrastructure, Cities & Transit
Reports

Research for Communities: The Spence Neighbourhood Challenge
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April 22, 2009
BC

British Columbia
Economic Indicators
Employment & Labour
Government Finance
Income & Wealth Inequality
Reports

BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2009, Volume 12, Number 2: Focus on STV Download 644.35 KB12 pages Inside this pre-election special edition: BC’s Growing Gap Vanilla, No Sprinkles: A…
April 21, 2009
BC

Climate Change
Policy Note
The Economy

The NDP Platform and BC’s Economic Challenges
Below is an oped of mine that was done at the request of the Vancouver Sun and that ran in today’s paper. Unfortunately, for reasons…
April 20, 2009

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