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Exporting BC LNG to Asia will not reduce global climate emissions as industry claims
VANCOUVER—A new study by veteran earth scientist David Hughes finds that the industry and government narrative that BC liquified natural gas (LNG) will contribute to…
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Resetting Normal Report
Women, Decent Work and Canada’s Fractured Care Economy Download 3.43 MB42 pages An historic downturn in women’s employment, compounded by uncertainty over the capacity of…
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Corporate power in global trade: Will corporations sue states for measures taken to combat COVID-19?
undefinedOver the past four months, Canadian governments have taken unprecedented measures to minimize the spread of COVID-19 as governments worldwide have enforced lockdowns, closed borders,…
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A Climate Plan That Actually Meets the Crisis: Halifax Leads the Way
On June 23, 2020, Halifax Regional Council unanimously passed their new climate action plan, ‘HalifACT 2050: Acting on Climate Together’. The plan is focused on…
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A safe and healthy post-secondary education sector in a COVID-19 world
As universities and colleges begin to re-open and develop plans for the fall semester, we need to think carefully about what health and safety looks…
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The federal deficit will become whose surplus?
On July 8th, the federal government will release its first fiscal update since December 16, 2019.
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Four cornerstones of an inclusive economy
Anchor institutions are non-profit, public, or community-owned entities that provide “sticky capital”, meaning that it does not easily leave the region and their missions allow…
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To make Black lives matter, make Black jobs matter too
The killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, all by current or former police officers, triggered a second tidal wave of the Black…
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Part II: The only thing certain about COVID-19 is uncertainty
Read Part One of Michele and Chandra’s piece here. What does this mean for protecting public health? In order to have a hope of containing…
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The BC Government and the Dispossession of Japanese Canadians (1941–1949)
Download 3.7 MB32 pages This publication is based on a series of opinion pieces written by John Price that ran in the Victoria Times Colonist…
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Defunding the police: What will it mean for survivors of sexual violence?
The recent killing of unarmed Black Americans George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police officers sparked a new wave of Black Lives Matter protests around the…
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A Partnership in Name Only
How the public sector subsidizes the P3 model Download 1.17 MB12 pages Public debates over public-private-partnerships (P3) rarely focus on the maintenance component of these…
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