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What you need to know about BC Budget 2014
Today’s 2014 BC budget contained very little news, as expected. Despite a significantly weaker economic picture for BC than what was projected in the June…
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CCPA calls BC Budget a “missed opportunity” to address social, environmental and jobs deficits
(Victoria) The BC government missed an opportunity to address British Columbians’ growing economy insecurity in a weak job market with the 2014 budget, says Canadian…
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7 things that should be in this year’s BC Budget
In the fifth year of a slow and largely jobless economic recovery, the 2014 BC Budget should prioritize measures to set the foundation of a…
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When no news is not good news: what the uneventful BC throne speech means for you
Last week’s BC throne speech received little media coverage, partly because it fell in the middle of the Olympics and on the same day as…
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Looking Back on the Vancouver-Whistler Winter Games
British Columbians no doubt feel thankful that the costs, security and other challenges facing the Sochi Winter Olympic Games far surpass what B.C. and Canada…
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Corporate rights under serious scrutiny in Europe. Canada fast asleep.
On Feb. 3rd, I made a presentation in Vancouver to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade on the proposed Canada/E.U. trade deal…
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BC’s Big Favour?
The hype on LNG has grown to staggering proportions. I have not had much time to debunk all of the government’s grotesque exaggerations and outright…
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BC’s Big Favour?
The hype on LNG has grown to staggering proportions. I have not had much time to debunk all of the government’s grotesque exaggerations and outright…
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Spreading a fossilized view of the tar sands
It is lamentable that commentator Rex Murphy, who sometimes acts like a resident apologist for the fossil fuel industry, on January 17 devoted his weekly…
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Anti-poverty movement, meet the culture of medicine.
The evidence for the burden of income inequality on health is plentiful and convincing, with inequity and its health impact both increasing in British Columbia in recent years. Many…
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Legal safeguards for tenants are meaningless without enforcement
Safe and secure housing is a cornerstone of overall health and well-being. The housing affordability crisis in BC is common knowledge, but less well known…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2014, Volume 17, Number 1 Download 899.02 KB8 pages Inside this issue: The Ombudsperson’s Report on Seniors Care: A Brief Analysis of the Government’s…
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