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Change in federal policy lowers living wage for first time despite rising costs
(Vancouver) A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is $20.64 per hour. This is the 2016 Metro Vancouver living wage, the hourly wage that two working parents with two young children must earn to meet their basic…
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Hennessy’s Index: August 2014
Which Costs More: Child Care or University Tuition? Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index $11,100 Average annual cost of child care for a toddler in Ontario in 2012. Compare…
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March 2006: McGuinty’s Shocking Deregulation
Ontarians being denied right to decide electricity policy The Ontario government is giving away the right of the province’s citizens to make decisions on electricity, the environment, and major social policy. Premier Dalton McGuinty, without a mandate or popular support, is making Ontario part of the U.S. electricity market. If…
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Teach For Canada: De- or re-colonizing Aboriginal communities in Canada?
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Apples and oranges: Comparing B.C. and Ontario debt ratios
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Fast Facts: Small Scale Food Report is food for thought
Public demand to buy food directly from farmers is growing. In Manitoba the government response has been slow and the regulatory hurdles are discouraging. The recent release of Advancing the small scale, local food sector in Manitoba is a first step but farmers are asking if it will really make…
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An open letter to the CBC in response to “Medicare Schmedicare”
Dear Sirs and Madams: Last week John Doyle of the Globe and Mail told us that the CBC had decided not to air a documentary on Tommy Douglas – which would inevitably discuss the birth of Medicare – because it might be perceived as indulging in partisanship during a federal…
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Hennessy’s Index: June 2014
Voter Turnout: How Low Can We Go? Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 52.1 Percentage of voters who cast a ballot in the 2014 Ontario election (unofficial count), up…
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With Victoria’s commitment to develop a global LNG industry, should BC revise its greenhouse gas reduction targets?
BC stands at a carbon crossroads: developing a multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry would make it impossible to obey BC’s 2007 law on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which requires a 33% reduction by 2020 and 80% by 2050. So far, GHG reduction measures include BC’s much-praised carbon tax, the…
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Canada and developing nations should resist competition policy rules at Cancun WTO Ministerial
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA–A new study warns that a WTO agreement on competition policy could have a number of negative consequences. It recommends that WTO Ministers reject a proposal to negotiate competition policy rules when they meet in Cancun in two weeks. Titled Competition Policy in the WTO…
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Opposition propose BC Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act
Now is the time for bi-partisan collaboration in addressing the root causes of poverty On Tuesday, May 6th, in the BC Legislature, the Official Opposition (MLA Michelle Mungall) introduced a private member’s Bill proposing a BC Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act. The Act, were it to be enacted, would…
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Balanced budget come hell or service cuts or asset fire sales
The Minister of Finance on Tuesday announced the fall update to the country’s finances. There was a surprise in the works for Canadians, instead of the $3.8 billion surplus in 2015-16 from the 2013 Budget, Finance is now projecting a $6.7 billion surplus—or nearly twice as much money. In both cases, the…
