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BC

Health Care
Policy Note

The Budget: A Determinant of Health
I know this budget is supposed to be good news for health, but I want to argue here that the exact opposite is true. We’ve…
February 20, 2009
BC

Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note

Time to take the axe to province’s dubious forest-related budget projections
Two words sprang to mind this week when perusing the provincial government’s latest revenue projections from BC’s once healthy, wealth-producing forests – confusing and misleading.…
February 20, 2009
Manitoba

Corporations & Corporate Power
Environment & Sustainability
Reports
Tax Policy

Fast Facts: Cap-and-Trade Will Help Keep Our Forests Green and Growing
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February 19, 2009
BC

Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note
Tax Policy

Happy Birthday, Carbon Tax!
A year ago, in the 2008 BC Budget, a new tax was born. There was a hush over the House as its mother, the Finance…
February 18, 2009
BC

Children & Youth
Employment & Labour
Income & Wages
Policy Note

Why do BC kids need Finance Minister’s charitable donation to buy them shoes?
Minister Hansen donated money for shoes for poor children. Then he delivered a budget that doesn’t help parents who receive income assistance or who are…
February 18, 2009
BC

Housing & Homelessness
Income & Wages
Policy Note

Talk of addressing homelessness in Throne Speech remains just that
Yesterday’s Throne Speech got me excited with its promise of finally addressing homelessness in BC. Like everyone else, I expected the economy to be the…
February 18, 2009
BC

Policy Note
The Economy

BC Budget 2009: Vanilla, No Sprinkles (revised)
Faced with a nasty recession at its doorstep, the BC budget is uninspiring and underwhelming in its ambition. Overall there is little that actively plans…
February 18, 2009
Saskatchewan

Economic Indicators
Health Care
Human Rights
Income & Wealth Inequality
International
Reports

A Movement of Ideas
The World Social Forum, is it a model for political change? Download 561.78 KB 19 pages
February 18, 2009
BC

Children & Youth
Income & Wages
Policy Note

Charity doesn’t buy a lot of shoes
OK, this is just a little crass, but the calculation begs to be done. It apppears rather than buying himself a new pair of shoes…
February 17, 2009

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