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  • Fast Facts: Black Lives Matter in Canada, as well

    It is not too soon to express the view that the police killing of Machuar Madut, 43 year old father of three, living with mental health issues, and facing possible eviction – was unjustifiable and unnecessary. I am unwilling to entertain the notion that Machuar Madut’s death was sad but…

  • June 2006: On Becoming An Octogenarian

    Getting older doesn’t mean getting any less committed Two of my oldest friends died during the past year: Malcolm (“Mac”) Maclaren late last summer and Harold Horwood a few months ago. Of course, the laws of time and mortality being immutable, I’ve lost quite a few old friends over the…

  • Democratic Media Reform in Canada

    Campaigns, coalitions aim to democratize media system Faced with a corporate-dominated mediascape and perceived editorial indifference or hostility, trade unions and other progressive Canadian organizations have responded pragmatically when they need to influence public opinion.  They have adopted media relations strategies, often run by specialized staff, to gain whatever space…

  • Education Project

    Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2002

    In the eye of the storm: Ottawa pushes back against school board takeovers The spirit of local democracy is alive and well in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB), half a month after Ontario Education Minister Elizabeth Witmer swept away the community’s elected public school trustees and replaced them with…

  • Fast Facts: Community Development Manitoba – style

    For fashion trends the world looks to Milan; Copenhagen has become synonymous with urban planning; but for community development, Manitoba is increasingly the source for inspiration and cutting edge policy. Manitoba’s home-grown approach to community development is being studied by other cities looking for ways to deal with the complex…

  • Three health care priorities for a new government

    The transition to power for a new government in BC provides the opportunity to set a new course that addresses both immediate and longstanding policy challenges. On the health care front, there is no shortage of pressing issues facing the new government. It is reassuring, however, that one of the…

  • Internet snooping law needs more than cosmetic changes

    The just introduced Internet snooping legislation is causing concern among some mainstream Conservative government supporters.  Since its introduction on Valentine’s Day, it has been questioned, denounced, and/or criticized well beyond the privacy, human rights and civil liberties communities.  “Licence to snoop,” the editorial in The National Post and comments of concern “I think…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    The Cost of Poverty in BC

    Download 1.55 MB45 pages Help change the conversation about poverty: READ the report or summary SHARE the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd_nkCi-pVo TAKE ACTION http://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca Attachments The Cost of Poverty in BC — SUMMARY The Time Is Now: A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC (2008)

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    BC needs a public intercity transportation service

    Northern British Columbia is a vast, rugged, mostly mountainous area roughly the size of France. In winter, its two-lane public highways often get hit with snow and ice storms, making travel hazardous and sometimes impossible for the 280,000 or so people who live and work in the region. But these…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)
    Seniors Care

    Without Foundation

    How Medicare is Undermined by Gaps and Privatization in Community and Continuing Care The Community and Continuing Care sector is fundamental to B.C.’s entire health care system. The sector’s significance can be traced to the 1991 Seaton Commission, which proposed a “closer to home” theme for health care restructuring. The…

  • Labour Matters

    Hennessy’s Index: June 2015

    Ontario’s Precariat Hennessy’s Index is a listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other editions, visit: www.policyalternatives.ca/index 695,000  That’s the number of workers in Ontario who worked in a minimum wage job in 2014. A full-time, full-year minimum wage…

  • Time to end profit-making in seniors’ care

    The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on serious problems in Canada’s seniors’ care system, as nursing homes quickly became the epicenters of the outbreak. These problems are not only due to the greater vulnerability of seniors to the disease, but also to how care is organized and staffed.  In…