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  • BC doctors need unbiased info on prescription drugs

    As a family physician, I need to be sure that each medication I prescribe has good evidence behind its use for my patient’s diagnosis, concurrent medical conditions, and demographic. This isn’t as straightforward as it sounds, because good evidence isn’t always easy to find. In an often polarized culture of…

  • Fast Facts: The case for a national strategy on low income energy and water efficiency

    The vast majority of Canada’s low-income families live in older houses, with inadequate insulation in attics, walls and basements.   While these houses may offer cheaper-than-average rent or require lower down payments than more efficient homes, their upkeep is costlier.   Research by Green Communities Canada (GCC), a national organization which supports…

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    Buy American sell-out

    Proposed procurement deal bad for provincial, local governments Despite the Conservative government’s hopes for a quick deal, prospects for an exemption from the Buy American procurement preferences in the recent U.S. stimulus legislation have faded. Unfortunately, the bad news doesn’t stop there. The deal now in the works may actually…

  • Changes to Special Needs Allowances: Costs more, does less for those in need

    Halifax—On August 8th, 2011, the Nova Scotia government made several changes that affect access to special needs allowances under the income assistance system. Last summer, the CCPA-NS began an analysis of these changes, interviewing stakeholders and holding a community forum. Today the report, Cornerstone Compromised: a critical analysis of the…

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    BC Budget must go beyond small carbon tax increases to fight climate change

    After many years of inaction, BC needs a new climate plan. The previous government’s August 2016 Climate “Leadership” Plan was more than a disappointment. Not only did it do little to reduce BC’s greenhouse gas emissions, the plan was written hand-in-hand with the fossil fuel industry. For many British Columbians,…

  • Five steps BC needs to take to begin building a universal, affordable, quality child care system

    There’s no question that BC’s fragmented patchwork of child care programs with exorbitant prices, inadequate spaces and inconsistent quality fails to meet the needs of BC families. It was great to see that the 2017 Confidence and Supply Agreement between the BC New Democrat Caucus and BC Green Caucus included…

  • Fast Facts: The Sherbrook Pool and the struggle for inner-city health and recreation

    In November of last year, the City closed the Sherbrook Pool, leaving the community and its dedicated swimmers high and dry. The closure was the result of corrosion of the structure; a City of Winnipeg assessment of an engineer’s report released last week indicates the Pool needs $2.7 million in…

  • April 2004: On Acting Local

    Some alternatives to corporate globalization are already working It’s time to move on from analyzing what’s wrong. Let’s acknowledge that some solutions have been tried–and found working! We now know, as does the WTO, that its principles don’t work, not even for free enterprise and certainly not for the vast…

  • Canada’s Shredded Social Saftey Net

    Our employment insurance system far below OECD average Between October 2008 and May 2009, 363,000 Canadians were thrown out of work – and the OECD projects unemployment in this country to rise to 9.8% in 2010. In this global recession, the weakness of Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) system has become…

  • The Latin American Revolution (III)

    The U.S. Empire strikes back through a coup in Honduras At 1 a.m. on June 28, Manuel Zelaya, the elected progressive President of Honduras, was roused from his bed at gunpoint by masked Honduran army soldiers, who kidnapped him in his pajamas and put him on a plane to Costa…

  • Spending cuts would kill thousands of jobs and deepen recession

    Report calculates economic and social impacts of limiting deficit during recession CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) In the wake of Tuesday’s Throne Speech signaling major cuts in public spending, a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) cautions that cuts will only make the…

  • Climate change: Joe Oliver deems fears “exaggerated”

    Federal Natural Resource minister Joe Oliver stopped by Montréal on 11 April to promote tar sands and closed the door to any strict greenhouse-gas ceiling. He claimed that, according to scientists, our fears regarding climate change are “exaggerated.” He refused to retract his statement the following week before the federal natural resources…