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  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Workplace Rights for Recent Immigrants

    Boom times in BC are reflected in low unemployment rates and robust economic growth. But missing from that picture is the fact that some people are having a harder time earning a decent living than others. Among those people are recent immigrants. Statistics Canada reports that, in 2006, very recent…

  • October 2002: The Ravaging of Africa

    Western neo-colonialism fuels wars, plundering of resources The G8 Summit held in Kananaskis in June, pledged $6 billion dollars a year in so-called aid to Africa by 2006. The low figure caused Phil Twyford of Oxfam to say “We’re extremely disappointed by this wasted opportunity. They’re offering peanuts to Africa…

  • 7 things that should be in this year’s BC Budget

    In the fifth year of a slow and largely jobless economic recovery, the 2014 BC Budget should prioritize measures to set the foundation of a more just and sustainable economy, where prosperity is shared by all citizens. Here are 7 initiatives that will get us there. 1. A comprehensive poverty…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    New CCPA study calculates British Columbians’ “cost shift”

    Study details how British Columbians fare after one year of tax and spending cuts, provides on-line tool for individuals to calculate their personal bottom line CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a major new study today called Cost Shift: How British…

  • Growing Gap

    The rich are getting richer – and we’re all helping

    New data from Statistics Canada gives us a glimpse at the extensive income gains the richest of Canadians have been experiencing over the past two decades. Finance Minister Flaherty reveals a massive budget surplus, and promises more tax cuts. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives research fellow and economist Hugh Mackenzie…

  • June 2002: A U.S.-Financed Military Dictatorship

    Pakistan has long, bloody history as terrorist arm of U.S. The United States’ choice of Pakistan as an ally in its “war on terrorism” provides the spectacle of the two leading terrorist states on Earth “fighting terrorism.” The U.S. has killed more than eight million people in the Third World…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Is another Charter challenge on BC labour rights waiting in the wings?

    While the BC government mulls over the Supreme Court’s recent landmark decision that Bill 29 is unconstitutional (because it infringes on health care workers’ right to collective bargaining), it should also consider the constitutionality of another piece of labour legislation passed in 2002. Although not yet challenged before the courts,…

  • No need to subsidize business by rolling back labour rights

    “No pain, no gain” seems to be the preferred cliché of the new provincial government. While this approach may be well and good for Olympic athletes, it’s not working as an approach to public policy. A case in point is the government’s plan to turn back the clock on employment…

  • Annotated Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy

    BC recently signed on to a new Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, which includes California, Oregon and Washington states. On the surface it seems like the province is recommitting to climate policy, but don’t believe the hype: it was just a few years ago that BC was…

  • Former PBO Kevin Page in Regina

    On Thursday September 26th, the Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives presented a night with former Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Kevin Page at the University of Regina. Mr. Page reflects on his tenure as the first PBO in Canada and the identifies the obstacles and challenges that…

  • Addressing rural development issues in Nova Scotia

    Perhaps the most important thing that we’ve learned after years of grappling with the challenges of economic development is that there are no easy solutions. We are now enjoying the lowest rate of unemployment in 30 years, yet manufacturing plants are closing and there is a steady flow of workers…

  • December 2001: An Unpunished War Criminal

    Book review THE TRIAL OF HENRY KISSINGER by Christopher Hitchens, Verso, 2001, $35 (Book Review) “Kissinger is a thug, a crook, a liar and a murderer.”– Christopher Hitchens The United States government is the most violent in the world and since 1945 has killed upwards of eight million people in…