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March 2006: McGuinty’s Shocking Deregulation
Ontarians being denied right to decide electricity policy The Ontario government is giving away the right of the province’s citizens to make decisions on electricity,…
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March 2006: Empty Promises, Dashed Hopes
10 years after Beijing conference, women are still waiting In the plenary session of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing more than 10…
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March 2006: Clearing the Air on a Major Trade Dispute
Nine seldom heard facts about our softwood lumber exports The prolonged dispute over the tariffs illicitly imposed on Canada’s softwood lumber exports by the United…
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March 2006: The Big Business Bang Theory (III)
A Canada with Scandinavian-style equality is achievable Several e-mails have reached me from readers who agree with my “Big Business Bang Theory” and with my…
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2006 Manitoba Alternative Budget
Despite the generally positive indicators coming out of Manitoba’s economy, there are dark clouds looming on our horizon that cannot be ignored. The growing gap…
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$6 wage doesn’t help youth, it discriminates against them
The idea that people should be paid equally for work of equal value is not exactly new. It has been recognized internationally since the 1970s…
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2006 BC Budget creates credibility deficit
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the provincial government is once again low-balling revenues, understating 2006/07’s projected…
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Conservative child-care plan comes at high price
Balancing child care and employment has become a growing challenge for households. Families are increasingly dependent upon two incomes. In 2003, more than 75 per…
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The Importance of Public Post-Secondary Education
Speech to the Federation of Post Secondary Educators Download 190.74 KB5 pages Excerpt:“Few public policies pay for themselves, except, that is, for the work you…
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