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National Office

Corporations & Corporate Power
Economic Indicators
Government Finance

Putting the public interest first (Part 1)
Corporations can and should be made socially responsible Corporations are different from other business entities because they attract capital investment by socializing a portion of…
February 1, 2009
National Office

Corporations & Corporate Power
Environment & Sustainability
Human Rights
Indigenous Rights

Path of Destruction
Canadian mining companies on rampage around the world Canada is the world’s leading mining nation. Sixty per cent of all public mining companies are listed…
February 1, 2009
National Office

Health Care

An Open Letter to Margaret Wente
We need to think more analytically about harm reduction This is an updated form of a letter I sent to Globe & Mail columnist Margaret…
February 1, 2009
National Office

Corporations & Corporate Power
Economic Indicators

Open for Business?
What’s wrong with corporatizing our universities? Plenty! A serious problem for progressive people nowadays is that neoliberal discourse has become so established, so commonsensical, that…
February 1, 2009
BC

Health Care
Policy Note

Chaoulli II?
So private surgical clinics, led by Brian Day, are suing the BC government so they can charge patients for services that they, the patients, already…
January 30, 2009
BC

Policy Note
Public Services & Privatization

The utter stupidity of P3s in BC
For the “we told you so” file. The BC government has been insisting on P3s (so-called “public-private partnerships” where the private sector builds and operates…
January 30, 2009
National Office

Alternative Federal Budget
Economic Indicators
Employment & Labour
Government Finance
Reports
Tax Policy

Federal Budget 2009
CCPA Analysis Download 141.98 KB5 pages
January 30, 2009
BC

Policy Note
Public Services & Privatization

Forensic auditors say P3s expensive, biased and secret
So who are you going to believe about public private partnerships (P3s)? One side of the debate says they’re swell. They save money for taxpayers,…
January 29, 2009
Manitoba

Environment & Sustainability
Infrastructure, Cities & Transit
Public Services & Privatization
Reports

Fast Facts: Waste-Water and Water Privatization
A Clear and Present Danger Download 492.38 KB 2 pages
January 29, 2009

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