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BC unemployment rate surges to 6.7% (updated)
The hurt is on. After jumping to 6.1% in January, the ranks of BC’s unemployed swelled by 14,200 in February, pushing the unemployment rate to…
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Income Inequality and the Pursuit of Prosperity
Walter Gordon Massey Symposium Lecture Download 109.5 KB5 pages
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Following the money in BC communities
It is one of those publications that few media outlets will report on, and even fewer British Columbians will read, but BC Stats just released…
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Bioenergy – Catching on like a house on fire or set for slow burn?
As the global economic meltdown and in particular the US housing market collapse continues to savage BC lumber producers, government leaders boldly predict that wood-fired…
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Till Elections Do Us Part: What makes a government coalition work?
A Canadian-European dialogue On March 12, 2009, in the aftermath of Canada’s Prime Minister proroguing Parliament to subvert the formation of a coalition government, the…
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UN raps our housing record
In mid February, a report was released that received very little attention, but should have: The report of the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing’s…
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New CCPA study finds growing inequality and declining family incomes in BC
Yesterday the CCPA released a new study on family income inequality in BC by yours truly, which reveals some disturbing statistics about family incomes over…
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First Nations as forest partners may be Roundtable’s most significant recommendation
There’s plenty to be concerned about with the recommendations emanating from the Working Roundtable on Forestry – an open door for raw log exports, diminished…
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Stimulus impact of tax cuts negative in a zero interest rate economy: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Tax cuts are the worst possible economic stimulus with Bank of Canada interest rates heading to zero, and…
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