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  • De la diabolisation à l’organisation

    L’émergence du nouveau mouvement syndical « Dans ce livre, Nora Loreto propose une vision rafraichie de l’indispensable mouvement syndical à la jeune génération de Canadiens et Canadiennes que la mondialisation avare et cruelle des entreprises a laissés sans protection. Lisez-le et devenez les maitres de votre avenir en vous engageant…

  • Fast Facts: Community Based Organizations

    A place at the Child Welfare Table “We bear the expectation of providing resources for families involved in child welfare without having a place at the child welfare table.” – CCN. The Child and Family Services (CFS) Community Network (CCN) was started in January 2012 as an initiative of the…

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    826 reasons Kinder Morgan got a green light for its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

    Despite sustained opposition to Kinder Morgan’s plan to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet gave it their blessing yesterday. Reaction from the many people, communities and nations opposed to the pipeline was swift. Twenty one municipalities and over 100 First Nations and Tribes have…

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    Raising the minimum wage is good for public health

    Soon we expect the Fair Wages Commission to advise the BC government on a path towards a $15 minimum wage and a plan for regular increases. This will be very good news for our province. Increasing the minimum wage is an important step in reducing poverty and income inequalities that…

  • Budget 2023/24 Does not Make Up for Seven Years of Health Care Cuts and Privatization

    Manitoba health care is at a crossroads. From emergency care to home care, the entire system is at a breaking point caused by Pallister-era decisions to close emergency rooms and privatize services. Instead of stepping up to fix these problems, Premier Stefanson has carried on the same agenda of cuts…

  • Open letter on regulating platform work from BC experts in labour law, policy and economics

    The following is an open letter released today led by the CCPA–BC and the Centre for Future Work. It is signed by 61 leading experts in labour law, policy and economics (signatories listed below). The letter urges the BC government to implement strong measures to ensure that ride-share and food…

  • Part II: The only thing certain about COVID-19 is uncertainty

    Read Part One of Michele and Chandra’s piece here. What does this mean for protecting public health? In order to have a hope of containing the virus, we need to know as quickly as possible who actually has the virus and who they in turn might have exposed. But as…

  • Manitoba Government Ignores Evidence For Supervised Consumption Sites

    For years, Manitoba’s network of community organizations and public health and harm reduction experts have made the case for the introduction of supervised consumption sites in Manitoba. There are evidence-based models of care that will work for Manitoba. In February of 2022, the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network issued a comprehensive…

  • 5.2 million reasons the fossil fuel industry has the BC government’s ear

    The problem of corporate influence in politics and government is heating up in BC as we head towards the May election. 2017 kicked off with an explosive story in the New York Times, aptly titled “British Columbia: The Wild West of Canadian Political Cash.” The story drew widespread attention to…

  • Labour Matters

    Work Life: Youth Voices – Youth and Unions Need to Work Together

    While the labour landscape has changed dramatically in Canada in the last 58 years, the legal framework has not. The labour relations framework that we use today in Canada was implemented in 1944 with PC-1003, and the Rand Formula in 1946. The models were based on the Wagner Act of…

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    Where is BC headed on climate action?

    Canadian politicians have a long-standing tradition of proclaiming targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, then failing to meet them. After a wake-up call in the form of a record fire season this past summer, what are the prospects for climate leadership from BC’s new government? First, a look back November…

  • The Latin American Revolution (Part XXIII)

    Destabilization campaign continues in Venezuela Since February, continuing protests, many of them violent, against the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro have claimed more than 40 lives in Venezuela and injured more than 800 people. Most were victims of opposition supporters who have also set fire to universities, public buildings…