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Public Interest Research Project (BC)
Investing trends in health care, education, social programs, crown corporations.
The BC Office’s Public Interest Project is a special research desk staffed by economist Iglika Ivanova, who investigates issues and trends in areas such as health care, education, social programs, and crown corporations. She also examines the relationship between taxation and government spending on public services, and the impact of public services on quality of life.
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The premiers’ new clothes: A critical look at the race to remove interprovincial trade barriers
The costs of interprovincial trade barriers have been vastly overstated, while the rush to remove them risks a race to the bottom in areas like health and workplace safety
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Remembering the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
On July 6, 2013, a train carrying 72 tank cars of toxic shale oil derailed and exploded. It killed 47 people, spilling six million litres…
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Local news media is declining in Canada—we have to reverse the trend
The state of local news media in Canada is in sharp decline, which has serious implications for local communities and for the larger national dialogue…
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CBC’s road to [ir]relevance runs through cities like Hamilton
As the national public broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada has a broad mandate to serve Canadians and to “reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences,…
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CBC/Radio-Canada: a trusted Canadian symbol
Like many of us, I grew up with the CBC as a daily and vital part of my life.
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What is CBC/Radio-Canada’s role in the future of Quebec media?
Ample research has painted a bleak picture: the crisis facing the media world is exacerbating the decline of democracy.
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The truth about the CBC in Northern Canada
Around dinner time on the evening of May 10, 2024, communication services in the Yukon—internet, cell phone, and landline—wavered, guttered like a struck match, and …
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The Liberals have a mandate to improve CBC funding—here’s the case for it
One of the key issues the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, went into Canada’s spring federal election campaign cut to the heart of Canadiana:…
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Quality, not just quantity, of news outlets matter—especially in rural Canada
Communities in Canada—particularly smaller communities—are starving for local news coverage.
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The promise of social planning: revisiting the CBC’s Citizens Forum
During the spring federal election, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on claims that the CBC is out of touch—elitist, irrelevant, bloated. Whether or not…
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The case for a reimagined Radio Canada International
Imagine a service that anyone in the world can access for free. That not only provides accurate news about Canada but also world events and…
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Hennessy’s Index
“From its inception the CBC was intended to convey Canadian culture and to be an instrument of national unity. These objectives have been difficult to…
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