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April 2007: The World Social Forum in Nairobi
African activists lead resistance to Western plundering and imperialism Held in Africa for the first time, the World Social Forum (WSF) brought 66,000 people to Nairobi, Kenya, from 110 countries and highlighted the continent’s many anti-imperialist struggles. In a united voice, Africans said no to U.S. neo-colonialism, World Bank/IMF economic…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2003
Bringing light to the system: Toronto’s Dissident trustees take on the Province On August 27th, 2001 four women, trustees on the TDSB (Toronto District School Board) meet with the Editorial board of the Toronto Star. It is one o’clock and they want to explain to why it is that in…
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Federal Fiscal Forecasting Round 2: Post-Budget Update
Report to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Download 278.37 KB21 pages The Standing Committee on Finance of the House of Commons has commissioned four private forecasters to provide independent fiscal forecasting advice for members of parliament. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is one of those four…
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Policy Points: An alternative to property taxes
Municipalities (villages, towns, and even big cities) across Canada have major financial problems – their tax base is (1) inadequate for their responsibilities or for the needs of their citizens, AND (2) almost entirely dependent on the revenues from property taxes. No one is happy with the property tax. It…
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Trust and confidence: Post-election cooperation in parliament
It seems increasingly likely that none of the federal parties will win enough seats on October 19 to form a majority government. Broadly speaking, this leaves two possibilities: a minority or a coalition government. Both options demand cooperation and compromise between our parliamentarians—and both may offer many advantages over a…
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BC should think twice before opening its doors to multinational ride-hailing corporations
Last year, the BC government introduced legislation expected to bring ride-hailing to the province, but many questions remain about what that will look like in practice. One of the bodies responsible for working out the policy details is BC’s Passenger Transportation Board (PTB), an independent tribunal that has been handling…
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Work Life: Temporary Foreign Workers: How federal settlement policies overlook some newcomers
Manitoba has embarked on aggressive immigration strategies to attract newcomers to settle in a variety of communities in the province with the purpose of meeting local labour force demands. In response to these trends, it is necessary to have appropriate and effective support systems to assist in the long-term settlement…
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Fast Facts: The Conservative Stealth Strategy to Undermine Medicare
The Harper government has a two-fold strategy to undermine Medicare. One part of the game plan is to underfund Medicare creating “shortages” over the medium run without making a politically unwise frontal attack against the not-for-profit publicly funded and organized health care system cherished by Canadian citizens. When it expired…
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Hennessy’s Index: June 2015
Ontario’s Precariat Hennessy’s Index is a listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other editions, visit: www.policyalternatives.ca/index 695,000 That’s the number of workers in Ontario who worked in a minimum wage job in 2014. A full-time, full-year minimum wage…
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Conservative ideology dressed in rhetoric of fiscal responsibility
We expect governments to make decisions as to what programs have outlived their purpose or are deemed a waste of resources. We also expect governments to provide clear justification and to consult with us when they undertake significant program cuts and policy shifts. Governments will inevitably face resistance from the…
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Evidence is in: privately funded health care doesn’t reduce wait times
Current public dialogue is full of questions about what kind of innovation or “revamping” the health system needs. In this context, as a physician, I am compelled to apply principles of evidence-based practice to the public vs. private debate: Will Brian Day’s plan to expand privately funded health care in…
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Public Solutions Could be Undermined by Private Interests
Long waits for elective surgery and privatization are the price Canadians must pay for their well-intentioned but fatally flawed public health care system, right? Wrong. In fact, the above conclusion cries out for a second opinion. That’s because when it comes to surgical waitlists we are currently experiencing a ‘Eureka’…
