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  • Atlantica concept must be put on map for public discussion

    I suspect that few Atlantic Canadians would argue against the potential benefits of improving trade ties with our New England neighbours. So the controversy surrounding proposals for an “Atlantica” trade zone spanning Atlantic Canada and northern New England may come as a surprise. However, a study released last week by…

  • What’s missing from the “housing” budget?

    The housing. BC Budget 2007 is a “housing budget” that does not build much housing. The budget commits to a mere 250 new social housing units over two years – a far cry from the 2,000 per year that was built back when the federal and provincial governments were in…

  • Fast Facts: Sustainable health care begins with the social determinants of health

    It’s time to get it right On May 13, 2011 the Conference Board of Canada announced the formation of the Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health Care (CASHC) to “provide Canadian business leaders and policy makers with insightful, forward-looking, quantitative analysis of the sustainability of the Canadian health-care system and all…

  • FastFacts: Workers Compensation

    Halfway to Reform Download 94.46 KB2 pages

  • Making Women Count

    Canada’s Commitment to Equality

    A Gender Analysis of the Last Ten Federal Budgets (1995 – 2004) Download here.

  • When Politics is Personal

    Lately I wonder if there hasn’t been a modification to the feminist adage “the personal is political”. In the aftermath of the recent federal election — a decision that left so many of us cringing in anticipation of the onslaught we know will follow — it became clear that for…

  • Making the minimum wage a living wage in Nova Scotia

    After years of pressure from anti-poverty advocates it seems that politicians and the media across the country have taken a renewed interest in the minimum wage. A number of provinces are in the midst of minimum wage discussions. Internationally the minimum wage has also been in the headlines. In Europe…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    First Nations forestry accords are not creating a partnership of equals

    Six years ago, anyone who said that the provincial Liberals would try to forge a “new relationship” with First Nations would have been laughed out of the room. Yet that is precisely what has happened. Though they began by opposing the Nisga’a treaty and unabashedly aligning themselves with opponents of…

  • An Apple a Day

    We need real health care, not an illness-treatment system A few years ago, one of the Wizard of Oz comic strips showed a doctor standing outside his office glaring across the street at a vendor with a cart full of apples. “Beat it!” yells the doctor. “I’m trying to make…

  • Fast Facts: Bill C-393

    Life-saving bill killed in the senate On March 25th when the Conservative government fell on a non-confidence motion, a number of bills died on the Order Paper. Bill C-393 was poised to save lives, and its untimely death was entirely preventable. This private member’s bill was designed to cut through…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Le système de santé du Canada n’est pas entièrement à l’abri de l’ALENA et de l’OMC, mais il pourrait l’être

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. Malgré les assurances trompeuses des gouvernements, le système de santé du Canada n’est pas pleinement protégé contre les accords commerciaux internationaux, et notamment l’ALENA et l’OMC. Cependant, s’ils agissent sans tarder, les gouvernements du Canada peuvent encore renforcer l’assurance-maladie publique avant que les accords…

  • A Challenge to Canada’s Wealthiest 0.1%

    This election presents an opportunity for you wealthy Canadians, especially the very richest 0.1% among you—the 25,000 Canadians with an average annual income of $1.5 million—to do the right thing and put the broader public good ahead of your own interests.  I know that this is asking a lot. Recent psychological…