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Aggressively reduce emissions and provide affordable energy

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Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2017 Backgrounder on Energy and Climate Change
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Release Date: 
Thursday, May 4, 2017
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Aggressively reduce emissions and provide affordable energy: Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2017 Backgrounder on Energy and Climate Change
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9 pages
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With the looming federal government deadline for provinces to institute their own carbon pricing scheme or have it imposed, the next Nova Scotia government will have a small window to move forward. This backgrounder urges the next provincial government to prioritize the transition to a greener economy and outlines a progressive policy on carbon pricing that should be adopted instead of the one being currently proposed.

Unauthorized dams built in BC's northeast for energy companies' fracking

A subsidiary of Malaysian state-owned Petronas, the company behind a massive Liquefied Natural Gas plant proposal near Prince Rupert, has built at least 16 large unauthorized dams in northeast BC to trap water used for fracking operations, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has learned. Read the report.

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Petronas subsidiary failed to get regulatory approval before building at least 16 large dams in BC to trap freshwater for fracking operations, CCPA investigation reveals

Release Date: 
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

VANCOUVER – A subsidiary of Malaysian state-owned Petronas, the company behind a massive Liquefied Natural Gas plant proposal near Prince Rupert, has built at least 16 large unauthorized dams in northeast BC to trap water used for fracking operations, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has learned. 

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The Monitor, May/June 2017

Sub Title: 
Views of Canada at 150
Release Date: 
Monday, May 1, 2017
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There is an important difference between celebration and commemoration. In considering Canada 150, the government tagline for this year’s sesquicentennial festivities, the contributors to this special issue of the Monitor argue too little of what we are seeing can, or is even intended to, lead the country to a fuller understanding of its history. To truly commemorate—whether it is Canada’s Confederation or any other moment—we need to address those things we find distasteful and disappointing, as well as those things that make us proud.

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The Monitor, May/June 2017
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Working for a Living Wage 2017

Sub Title: 
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver
Release Date: 
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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Working for a Living Wage 2017
Working for a Living Wage 2017 Calculation Guide
Working for a Living Wage 2017 Calculation Spreadsheet
Working for a Living Wage 2008 Original Report
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8 pages
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Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available.

Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2017

Sub Title: 
Building Green, Inclusive, Thriving Communities
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Thursday, April 20, 2017
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Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2017: Building Green, Inclusive, Thriving Communities
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56 pages
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This year's Nova Scotia Alternative Budget is being released a week in advance of the current government’s tabling what is likely to be its last provincial budget before it calls an election. It is thus timely to hold the government to account for the choices it has made over its mandate.

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"Sharing economy" or on-demand service economy?

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A survey of workers and consumers in the Greater Toronto Area
Release Date: 
Friday, April 7, 2017
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27 pages
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They are young and highly educated, but many “sharing economy” workers in the GTA are selling their services under precarious working conditions.

Read the first comprehensive look at workers who sell “sharing economy” type services and the consumers who buy them in this new report.