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Infrastructure costs an excuse to ban apartments on residential land, but are actually cheaper for high-density housing, new research shows
VANCOUVER — In the midst of a housing crisis, infrastructure costs are used increasingly as an excuse for restrictive zoning policies in BC, which effectively ban apartments on most residential land and reserve it exclusively for low-density options like detached houses, new research by Alex Hemingway and Danny Oleksiuk shows.
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The case for expanding democratic employee ownership in Canada
Workers lack democratic rights in the corporations and institutions that govern their work lives. As we find ourselves in an era of high inequality the question of ‘why shouldn’t working people be the owners and beneficiaries of the fruits of their labour?’ becomes timely and necessary. Read this research report…
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Basic research is the key to future progress
Decades before most of us had ever heard the phrase “novel coronavirus,” researchers at universities around the world were advancing our understanding of vaccines. Their basic research laid the foundation to develop the vaccines that changed the course of the pandemic, in record time.
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Whack-a-moles and hydra: Searching for a new privatization metaphor in education
The way we talk about privatization matters. Our language should reflect both the moment we’re in, and what we’re working towards.
Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1987). A thousand plateaus: Capitalism and schizophrenia. (Trans. by Massumi, B.)., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Kovach, M. (2021). Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts. University of Toronto Press: Toronto, ON.
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Property tax reform can address economic and housing inequality in BC, new research
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER–The explosion of housing prices has become a massive source of inequality in BC, which can be addressed with progressive property tax reform, new research from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office shows. As home prices and rents have risen dramatically amid a…
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Canada at risk of lawsuits if U.K. accession to pacific trade deal not amended
Civil society organizations and academics are warning about investor-state dispute settlement
Civil society organizations and academics are warning about investor-state dispute settlement
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Why Canada still needs a wealth tax—and what it could fund
The rise of extreme inequality has provoked growing calls for an annual wealth tax on the super-rich around the world, and Canada is no exception. Backed by a growing body of economic research, proposals for a wealth tax have high levels of support among Canadians across party lines. Yet, an…
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