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  • Education Project

    Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2010

    Teach outside the box The fall 2011 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves, edited by Larry Kuehn, explores the ways in which neo-liberal forces and the power of capital continue to deform public schools and constrain democratic ideals. According to the editor: “Teach outside the box” is the theme of a…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Fundamental change needed to save Ontario’s forestry-dependent communities—report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Ontario government must implement far-reaching forestry and hydro reforms if it is truly serious about safeguarding Northern communities and thousands of woodworking jobs, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. “The Ontario forestry sector needs to undergo fundamental…

  • C. D. Howe Shills for Oil Companies

    The C. D. Howe Institute is out this morning with a press release entitled, “Raising Oil and Gas Royalties Does Not Benefit Provincial Coffers.” A complete analysis of the accompanying 30-page paper – featuring many graphs, tables and regressions – will take time. But here is my initial take. Background The Institute correctly notes…

  • Beware of sales pitch for unnecessary CT scans

    I sometimes wonder if former prime minister Brian Mulroney still feels any pain. Back in 2005, Mulroney received full-blown chest surgery after having undergone a “preventive” health screen. His surgery and subsequent re-hospitalization for complications came after what the media called a “routine CT lung scan.” What Mulroney probably wasn’t…

  • Upcoming Municipal Elections: Business as Usual?

    With municipal elections on the horizon in British Columbia, it is worth paying attention to the nature of political discourse in this province – and considering its implications and alternatives. Increasingly, business parlance is finding its way into what still holds the pretence of being a democratic institution.  As with…

  • Health Canada’s drug safety procedures lacking, says study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Health Canada’s drug safety procedures leave a lot to be desired, says a new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Drug Safety and Health Canada: Going, Going… Gone? by Dr. Joel Lexchin says Health Canada’s priorities are skewed in…

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    Affordable housing and jobs: Now is the time to build

    The BC government is spending millions on advertising to promote its actions on affordable housing. In Metro Vancouver, however, where the crisis is most acute, there is no sign that housing is going to be within reach of ordinary middle-class households any time soon. .@MarcLeeCCPA takes a look at how…

  • Faith, Hope, and Spin

    Canada’s preparedness for oil spill crisis sadly lacking For Canadians wondering about our preparedness for a major oil spill, an item in The Montreal Gazette (June 6) was not reassuring. It stated that Canada was sending “half of its stock of oil containment boom – some 3,000 meters (1.8 miles)…

  • 5.2 million reasons the fossil fuel industry has the BC government’s ear

    The problem of corporate influence in politics and government is heating up in BC as we head towards the May election. 2017 kicked off with an explosive story in the New York Times, aptly titled “British Columbia: The Wild West of Canadian Political Cash.” The story drew widespread attention to…

  • Protecting Canada’s world-class grain system

    Well-functioning regulatory systems tend to be invisible, until tragedy occurs. It is only after someone dies from drinking contaminated water or eating tainted food, a bank fails or a highway overpass collapses that the general public realizes that something is wrong. Citizens rightly expect their governments to protect them and…

  • Stimulus impact of tax cuts negative in a zero interest rate economy: report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Tax cuts are the worst possible economic stimulus with Bank of Canada interest rates heading to zero, and may well have a negative effect on the economy, says a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The report examines…

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    Tax fairness in BC? Hardly

    Tax cuts disproportionately benefitted the richest 1% of British Columbians, write @IglikaIvanova & @1alexhemingway: https://t.co/iZbcztdPem pic.twitter.com/BavNnT2WWp — The CCPA–BC (@CCPA_BC) February 16, 2017 As we wait to hear more about the tax cuts coming in BC Budget 2017, it is important to remember what has happened to our provincial tax…