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Open letter to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, minister responsible for Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada is a world leader and its work is at the heart of an informed democracy. Cuts to the agency must be reversed.
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Lettre ouverte à l’honorable Mélanie Joly, ministre responsable de Statistique Canada
Statistique Canada est un organisme de renommée mondiale et son travail est au cœur d’une démocratie éclairée. Les compressions budgétaires imposées à l’agence doivent être…
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Budget fédéral alternatif 2026 : Fonction publique
Ce que le gouvernement canadien devrait faire en matière de fonction publique. Une véritable indépendance exige un nouveau modèle économique.
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Alternative federal budget 2026: Public service
What the Canadian government should do on public service. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
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Submission to the Industrial Inquiry Commission on the dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia
This submission provides an overview of the pertinent social and economic factors that the Industrial Inquiry Commission must consider as it develops recommendations concerning the…
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2024 Rosenbluth lecture with Dr. Katharina Pistor
In this lecture, Dr. Pistor discusses themes from her latest book, The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality, which explores how…
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Landmark health care case spotlights problems of a profit-centred system
In April, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear a case involving the constitutionality of legal limits on private finance in health care. A…
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The concerning rise of corporate medicine: Public contracts with private clinics top $393 million over last six years
Private surgeries and medical imaging are big business in BC. Over the last two decades, this for-profit sector has benefited from increased outsourcing of publicly…
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BC needs a public intercity transportation service
Northern British Columbia is a vast, rugged, mostly mountainous area roughly the size of France. In winter, its two-lane public highways often get hit with…
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Why increasing government spending makes economic sense
Author’s note: The latest BC government throne speech promised “to help solve big challenges – like inequality and climate change – with growth that is…
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Social impact bonds are a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Earlier this year, Vancouver city council considered a motion encouraging the city to look into the issue of “social impact bonds” (and more broadly “social…
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BC Budget 2021: Stay-the-course budget misses the mark on key areas of urgency outside health
The BC government tabled a surprisingly stay-the-course budget today, making some improvements on the margins but missing the opportunity to shift BC towards a more…
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