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    New protections for BC platform workers entrench racism

    In November 2023, the BC Ministry of Labour announced new employment standards that claim to “bring fairness” to the estimated 40,000 ride-hail and food-delivery workers in BC. The move comes after a year of public engagement with platform workers, platform companies and labour experts, which brought to the fore the…

  • Fast Facts: Valuing the Voice of People Living with Disabilities in Manitoba

    Recently the Manitoba Government made a decision to reject a core funding application from the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities (MLPD) for the 2018-19 fiscal year. It can be very difficult for an organization to function without core funding which diminishes its capacity. The organization (formally known as the…

  • Les opposants au salaire minimum font fausse route

    tous profiteront de l’augmentation Récemment, le Sun de Brandon publiait un article et deux éditoriaux en réaction à l’annonce de la ministre du Travail et de l’Immigration, Mme Jennifer Howard, qui nous apprenait que le salaire minimum augmenterait de 50 cents l’heure le 1er octobre 2010. Toutefois, mis à part…

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    Dismantling tent cities—why choice matters

    [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“When you live on the street long enough, eventually you stop believing in choices. Where you eat, sleep and even socialize is decided for you.”– Kris Cronk, Megaphone Speakers’ Bureau Facilitator and Vendor.[1][/perfectpullquote] On April 25, 2020 the BC government announced a plan…

  • October 2004: Exposing and Opposing Corporate Power

    Regardless of the outcome, the cause itself is worth the struggle My first brush with corporate power happened a long  time ago, when I was editor of the daily newspaper The Western Star in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Corner Brook was—still is—a paper mill town. At the time, the mill was…

  • Connecting Communities

    Strengthening public transportation options in rural Manitoba

    This paper includes an exploration of the positive outcomes of inter-community transportation demonstrated in Manitoba and in other jurisdictions; an overview of current Manitoba provincial policy, programs, and regulatory structures relating to inter-community transportation; case studies from Ontario and Nova Scotia; and the findings from a public consultation with rural…

  • Why teachers are still striking

    Speech to the Langley Teachers Association’s Public Forum on Education Check against delivery. I have a slightly different take because I don’t come from the labour movement or from the education sector – I come as an economist, so I’m going to talk a little bit about numbers. But before…

  • Child care also an austerity victim

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 29, 2023 Manitoba billboards promoting $10/day childcare create the perception that the Province of Manitoba has increased funding and support for childcare. The reality is quite different. Despite provincial ELCC spending being higher than it was in 2016, federal funding accounts for…

  • Refugees welcome? Comparing Canadian policy on Palestinian and Ukrainian refugees

    The discrepancy between Canada’s treatment of Ukrainian and Palestinian refugees shows a country without a sense of moral courage

    Canada’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was an incredible show of compassion towards a nation facing an extraordinary threat to its livelihood and safety. Less than a month after the invasion, parliament approved a recommendation by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration and launched…

  • Fast Facts: Community vision for Portage Place

    The clamour around the future of Portage Place has quieted down to a chirp, for the moment, closer to the timbre of the sparrows that live in the mall than to the bluster of Bay Street billionaires. The stage is now set for a more modest yet in many ways…

  • Taylor swift on a screen outside of a stadium, featuring Eras tour

    Biggest attraction in Toronto? Taylor Swift has a quiet competitor, new report shows

    TORONTO—When it comes to attracting fans in Toronto, only one performer comes close to Taylor Swift: the Toronto Public Library.

  • How Harper can avoid turning the Budget Implementation Bill into a Duffy Budget Bill

    On November 25th, I made the following submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance regarding Bill C-4, Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2, on behalf of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.   1.     Introduction and Context Thank you for the invitation to appear before the Committee,…