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  • February 2006: Your Pension Contributions at Work

    CPP is investing in bombs, tobacco, and corporate criminals We Canadians like to think that we play a benevolent role in the world as humanitarians and peacemakers. But is this impression always accurate? One place that reveals another side of Canada is the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). The…

  • February 2006: “Soft” Fascism is Getting Harder

    U.S. use of torture and chemical weapons are war crimes Given the now indisputable U.S. practice of torturing prisoners of war, the “soft” fascism term I applied to the Bush administration a few months ago has become harder. The widespread American use of torture, both in physically and mentally abusing…

  • Electoral turnout and turnoff

    Another federal election is over and the House of Commons appears to reflect what on the surface many voters wanted – an end to 14 years of Liberal rule, and a tight reign on the new Conservative government. But the campaign and the composition of the federal legislature once again…

  • Why minority government is good for Canada

    Is minority government good for Canada? Former Conservative pollster Allan Gregg would have us believe in his Strategic Counsel poll this week that 55% of Canadians (and 64% of Quebecers) think a Harper majority would be good for the country. One wonders what Canadians’ response would have been if the…

  • Communities taking action against fringe financial services

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT In October 2003,  Dr. Jerry Buckland from Menno Simons College and a group of researchers examined the critical issue of fringe banking in North End Winnipeg. The original 229 page report was titled “The Rise of Fringe Financial Services in Winnipeg’s North End”.…

  • Public solutions to health care wait lists

    Waits for care are the biggest political issue facing Canadian health care—a priority reflected in the accord reached by the federal and provincial health ministers a few days ago. They agreed to set limits on wait times for major surgeries and treatments, but conceded that these limits would be targets…

  • November 2003: Rural Communities Under Attack

    North American agriculture is in the midst of a “great transition” that is fundamentally transforming rural areas. Agriculture as we have known it, with family farms and viable rural communities, is being rapidly transformed into an industrial agriculture, with factory farms and dying rural communities.

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Turning a blind eye to employers who break the law doesn’t solve the problem

    Imagine if one day our police forces were cut in half, street patrols were eliminated, police stations closed, and people were told to send a lengthy form to police headquarters to report a crime. Doesn’t sound like such a great idea? Unfortunately, it’s pretty much what the BC government has…

  • Education Project

    Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2001

    Ontario Students as a Means to the Government’s Ends In high-risk sites like Ontario, traditional forms of liberal education are being replaced by policies mandating teaching and learning activities that are aimed at serving the utilitarian needs of a corporate and globalised marketplace. In effect, educational policy making in the…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    The GATS and South Africa’s National Health Act

    A Cautionary Tale Download 341.76 KB40 pages This new study shows how South Africa’s flagship health legislation conflicts with binding commitments the former apartheid regime negotiated under the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).  This trade treaty conflict threatens to undermine the much-needed legislation and, if…

  • November 2005: Low on Energy

    World oil shortage could trigger next major shift in global power My history teacher was an intimidating person. It seemed that there was nothing in his field he did not know. He was a Prussian institution, equipped with a PhD in history, which catapulted him above every other teacher at…

  • In whose hands is our energy policy?

    Energy ministers from across Canada recently met in St. Andrews, N.B. Media coverage of the meeting noted that the agenda included golf and a lobster dinner. Fair enough – the ministers are entitled to some rest and relaxation. But what really caught my attention was that the gala event was…