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5 signs the BC economy is weak and what this means for Budget 2016
Yesterday, the provincial government released its 2015/16 Second Quarterly Report: an update on where provincial finances are at six months into the fiscal year and where…
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Why are so many people needing food banks when the BC economy is growing?
Last week, Statistics Canada released new data showing the BC economy did better than expected in 2014, growing by 3.2% in real terms. This is…
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Five LNG whoppers
British Columbians have heard many “too good to be true” claims about the benefits the province will receive by launching a liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
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We need a “war-time” approach to tackling the climate challenge
“So far as it is possible, Canada’s effort in this war must be a planned and concerted national effort… In order to have the tremendous…
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Will proposed new Senators be an aristocracy of the distinguished?
Ruth Ellen Brosseau is a Member of Parliament against the odds. A single mother and the assistant manager of a pub, she was elected in…
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The federal election is over. Now can we really talk about how to improve gender equality?
After an election campaign in which women’s equality became a rhetorical tool in a divisive attempt to instill fear and xenophobia in voters and control…
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Spotlight on health care austerity: seniors’ residential care
Let’s break down changes in health care spending by age group. You might think that as overall health care spending in BC has gone up, we…
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Austerity comes to BC’s health care system
For many years, BC’s health care system escaped the austerity imposed on other parts of the public sector. No longer. While total dollars allocated to…
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Relief, cautious optimism and disappointments – lessons from the 2015 federal election
By Seth Klein and Shannon Daub It’s only been a few days since Canadians turfed the Harper Conservatives from office. But it feels like a…
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Why my dad and I will vote for health
As a family physician, the most important way I can help (and not harm) my patients, is to vote for healthcare in this election.
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A petro state, a fracking frenzy and one woman’s battle for justice: Andrew Nikiforuk’s latest should be required reading for MLAs
Andrew Nikiforuk’s new book, Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider’s Stand Against the World’s Most Powerful Industry, captures like never before how fossil fuel companies must do more and more to coax oil and gas from the ground. And how that each time more effort is made, the social and environmental costs mount.
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Can the federal parties’ child care proposals pay for the $10 a Day Plan?
We’ve been glad to see child care emerge as a key issue in this federal election, with three major parties (Greens, Liberals and NDP) vying…
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