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  • Climate Justice Project

    Richest 20% of BC households have biggest carbon footprint

    GHG emissions reduction policies will be more successful if geared to income: study READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) The richest 20% of BC income earners are responsible for almost double the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of those in the lowest income group, according to a new Climate Justice Project…

  • Growing Gap

    Income gap for Aboriginal peoples stubbornly high: Report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Income inequality between Aboriginal peoples and the rest of Canadians is stubbornly high, says a groundbreaking new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). For every dollar non-Aboriginals earned in 2006, Aboriginal peoples earned only 70 cents – a…

  • The Latin American Revolution (V)

    In Bolivia, under Morales, the revolution is indigenous Evo Morales, Bolivia’s indigenous President, started his second term in January by declaring colonialism dead in his country. Morales emphasized that he has attempted to “eradicate all vestiges of colonial repression and discrimination against Bolivia’s indigenous majority.” He certainly has, which is…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    BC needs comprehensive mental health strategy with focus on income, housing and employment supports: Professor

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – An Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University is calling on the provincial government to re-think its approach to mental health care. “In recent years, we’ve seen cuts to a host of social services and changes to mental health care,” says…

  • Quebec Values Charter: Bad Solution to the Wrong Problem

    It’s near impossible to ignore the current debate regarding the Québec Values Charter. It would seem laudable at first for a society to decide to reflect on its shared values. There is no cause to rejoice in the face of the current debate: it is certainly not the relevant exercise it…

  • Canada’s Afghanistan “mission” cripples democracy at home

    Stephen Harper’s Conservative government shut down Parliament until March, mainly to avoid answering politically embarrassing questions about the torture of Canadian military detainees in Afghanistan. Especially disturbing are the allegations – and mounting evidence — that our military was complicit in this torture of captives by Afghan government “interrogators.” The…

  • “Where’s the money coming from?

    The money needed to “fix” Medicare can easily be found Of all the many questions raised by the Romanow Report, the one most often asked is “Where’s the money coming from?”–and it’s the one question that should not be asked at all. The money needed to “fix” Medicare–whether it’s the…

  • New Economy Initiative (MB)

    Social Housing, Neighbourhood Revitalization and Community Economic Development

    Download 578.82 KB32 pages Attachments Research for Communities: Inner-City Housing Programs and Community Economic Development

  • Growing Gap

    Soft landing for Canada’s CEOs

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO—Canadians may have been hit hard by a worldwide economic recession, but it appears Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs are enjoying a soft landing. A report on executive compensation by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), a progressive think tank, reveals Canada’s…

  • Response to the Recession

    Rescue the economy, protect people, and plan for the future Many items in the Canadian federal government’s economic stimulus package depend on how individual decisions are made on the market, and how (or if) people will choose to spend the latest tax cuts or take advantage of the home renovation…

  • Education Project

    La Commercialisation des écoles canadiennes : qui mène la barque

    qui mène la barque? Download 1.76 MB48 pages Attachments Résumé — La Commercialisation des écoles canadiennes : qui mène la barque

  • Education Project

    Commercialism in Canadian Schools

    Who’s Calling the Shots? Download 1.16 MB42 pages Attachments Executive Summary — Commercialism in Canadian Schools: Who’s Calling the Shots?