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National Office

Government Finance
Tax Policy

Why the Conservatives are cutting spending now
Suffering from fiscal whiplash? First the Harper government tells us the 2005/06 surplus is $13.2 billion. Then on the same day, it announces large spending…
October 5, 2006
Ontario

Education
News Release

Not all school boards benefiting from increased spending—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO—A report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds that, despite the province’s $600 million…
October 3, 2006
Ontario

Education
Reports

Turning Point?
Time to Renovate Ontario’s Education Funding Formula Download 310.86 KB34 pages
October 3, 2006
Nova Scotia

Corporations & Corporate Power

Corporate-think co-opting co-ops?
Co-op Week, which runs Oct. 15-21, provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the role of co-operatives in our communities. Many Nova Scotians are…
October 3, 2006
National Office

Energy Policy

Canada-first energy strategy needed
On March 8, Premier Ralph Klein made a remarkable and admirable pledge. “If we see oil drying up and we see the Alberta supply being…
October 2, 2006
National Office

Employment & Labour
Human Rights

October 2006: Workers Unprotected
Our gov’ts refuse to see labour rights as human rights Almost everyone in Canada now understands, and more or less accepts, the notion of human…
October 1, 2006
National Office

Corporations & Corporate Power
International

October 2006: We Didn’t Really Say “No” to Missile Defence
Canadian complicity and participation in BMD continues Contrary to a widely popular feel-good myth, Canada did not reject participation in the U.S.-led “Ballistic Missile Defence”…
October 1, 2006
National Office

Energy Policy
Public Services & Privatization

October 2006: Not What Ontarians Voted For
McGuinty’s electricity privatization deal is shocking Imagine you are buying a new house that is so expensive your kids will get stuck with paying off…
October 1, 2006
National Office

Economic Indicators

October 2006: The New Economic World Order (Part III: India)
India rapidly re-emerging as a global economic power The Asian century has arrived. Just as China is now the world’s manufacturing center, India is fast…
October 1, 2006

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