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  • The beautiful and historic town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in the fall. Boats drift in the harbour and the amazing colours of the buildings in this picturesque seaside town add to the scene. This image was taken across the harbour from town on a gorgeous fall morning. Lunenburg is located approximately an hour from Halifax.

    Building Inclusive Communities: A Policy Agenda for Nova Scotia Municipalities that Leaves No One Behind

    As municipal elections approach in October 2024, Building Inclusive Communities: A Policy Agenda for Nova Scotia Municipalities that Leaves No One Behind lays out ways to turn the values of social and economic justice into concrete policy realities to improve people’s lives in communities across this province. 

  • Nominations for the CCPA-NS Steering Committee

    The Nova Scotia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is looking to recruit committed and passionate individuals to its Steering Committee. This committee plays a key role in helping shape the CCPA-NS policy agenda, providing guidance and direction on strategic initiatives, and governing the organization. 

  • An unauthorized Progress Energy dam where millions of gallons of freshwater was found impounded in early April. It is among “dozens" of unpermitted dams spread across northern BC, a CCPA investigation has found.

    A Dam Big Problem: Regulatory breakdown as fracking companies in BC’s northeast build dozens of unauthorized dams

    A subsidiary of Petronas, the Malaysian state-owned petro giant courted by the BC government, has built at least 16 unauthorized dams in northern BC to trap hundreds of millions of gallons of water used in its controversial fracking operations. The 16 dams are among “dozens” that have been built by…

  • Tax Fairly, Spend Wisely

    According to CBC news, 45% of Canadians wait until the last week before the deadline to file their tax returns. The mad pencil sharpening, digging through receipts and online filing is unlikely to generate a great deal of goodwill towards the tax collector. Perhaps this is why the Winnipeg Free…

  • Evidence is in: privately funded health care doesn’t reduce wait times

    Current public dialogue is full of questions about what kind of innovation or “revamping” the health system needs. In this context, as a physician, I am compelled to apply principles of evidence-based practice to the public vs. private debate: Will Brian Day’s plan to expand privately funded health care in…

  • Fast Facts: Red River College Decision Part of a Pattern of Bad Decision-Making

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 12, 2019 The recent decision to end the tenure of Paul Vogt as President and CEO of Red River College (RRC) has been met with widespread condemnation from some surprising sources. The consultant hired by the provincial government to review the governance,…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    What is poverty costing us in BC?

    What is poverty costing us in BC? Help change the conversation about poverty: SHARE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd_nkCi-pVoLEARN http://www.policyalternatives.ca/costofpovertybcTAKE ACTION Look up your MLA using the MLA Finder at http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm and call, email, or visit their office (report in hand) to tell them that the cost of poverty is too high. Contact them while…

  • Sliammon votes: what opportunities might come by sharing more than two sides of the story?

    Sliammon (Tla’Amin) Nation, located on the northern segment of British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, is making history.  But not in the way that may have been expected. After over ten years of negotiations, the vote for a final treaty agreement was to take place on June 16th, 2012.  The intention, according…

  • Comparing fiscal platforms in the Ontario election

    Heading into Ontario’s June 7 election, the three major political parties have made distinct expenditure promises and revenue announcements. Let’s look at these fiscal plans in historical and comparative context (see note 1).Ontario governments have traditionally supplied a comparatively low level of public services (e.g., health, education, etc.) and cash…

  • British Columbians approve of province’s COVID-19 response & want more equitable, sustainable economy post recovery—regardless of party affiliation

    The coronavirus pandemic has put governments and societies around the world to the test as they confront what is both a public health and economic crisis—one that clearly is not going away anytime soon. BC has fared well to date in containing the spread of the virus, and stands out…

  • Aerial photo of Smithers mill surrounded by piles of logs

    Promises of cleaner air up in smoke

    Calls for BC environment minister to suspend pellet mill permit Every year, the air in the Bulkley Valley community of Smithers becomes hazardous to human health as thousands of fires known as slash burns are deliberately set at logging sites. The contaminated air can stay trapped in the valley’s airshed…

  • Kid and parent holding hands, dark silhouettes

    Cuts to community groups would send wrong message

    Previously pubished in the Winnipeg Free Press June 25, 2024