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  • New Economy Initiative (MB)

    The Manitoba Community Economic Development Lens

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  • BC Needs an Action Plan to Fight a Nasty Recession

    On February 17 the BC government will table the province’s first recession budget in a generation. The big question for the budget is no longer whether a deficit is in order, but how large that deficit should be, and what a meaningful stimulus package looks like. With grim economic numbers…

  • Make housing the priority for federal “shovel-ready” dollars

    For the first time in a generation, the federal government is poised to become a major partner in social housing development in Canada. This creates real opportunities for housing advocates and providers who, after decades as lone voices in the political wilderness, have ready-made solutions for ending homelessness. The challenge…

  • British Columbians are ready for a thoughtful conversation about taxes, inequality, public services

    An oped in today’s Vancouver Sun, outlining key lessons from CCPA opinion research released last week: Beyond the 1%: What British Columbians think about taxes, inequality and public services. British Columbians ready for a thoughtful talk about taxes A growing consensus that extreme inequality is as much an economic problem…

  • 28 years of waiting for safer construction sites

    Anniversary of Bentall Tower deaths highlights need for worker involvement in safety management Twenty-eight years ago today, four construction workers plunged to their deaths when the flyform panel they were working on fell from the 36th floor of the Bentall Tower IV in downtown Vancouver. Every year, construction workers, industry…

  • Softwood Lumber Agreement rebates not invested in BC

    BC companies spend more than US$620 million on US sawmills while local forestry communities founder: study CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VICTORIA — In just two years, the Softwood Lumber Agreement has cost BC’s forest industry more than half a billion dollars in new export taxes and led…

  • Federal deficits could be much larger than anticipated, says Alternative Federal Budget

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA — While it is now generally acknowledged that the federal government is headed for deficit in the coming years, a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says those deficits could be much larger than are currently anticipated.…

  • Surplus should be reinvested in people and communities

    CCPA outlines budget choices in 2005 BC Solutions Budget CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the priority for this year’s provincial budget should be reinvestment in people and communities. “The government is set to finish the year with a record surplus…

  • Let’s Put the Horse Before the Cart

    Why we need investment in social infrastructure In July, 2012, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba was invited by the federal government to participate, together with other groups representing a variety of industries, in consultations for its long-term infrastructure plan. Most presentations emphasized the need for traditional physical…

  • November 2005: Cancer—The Price of Progress

    Industrial pollution cancer just another cost of doing business My concern about the rising incidence of cancer prompted me to start writing a book in the 1950s that I titled Cancer: The Price of Progress. Even then, half a century ago, it was clear to me that most cancers were…

  • Budget 2017/18 Health Care Changes Concerning

    Changes to Manitoba’s Health Care system are coming fast and furious. This will invariably impact key services we all rely on and limit access to needed services. On April 7th, the Friday prior to the budget, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority announced the closure of three Emergency Rooms (ER)s: Concordia,…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Make work possible for more people with significant disabilities: study

    (Vancouver) People living with mental illnesses, developmental disabilities and serious conditions such as MS often find themselves in a catch-22 – unable to take on full-time year-round employment, but willing and able to work with the right supports and flexibility. A study released today urges the provincial government to adopt…