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  • Where’s the fanfare for tackling poverty effectively? Connecting the dots between three political moments over three months

    The following op-ed was originally published in The Georgia Straight. On June 16, I attended the B.C. government’s Disability Summit, the culmination of a three-month public consultation process on disability in B.C. I watched Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation Don McRae lead the audience through the event. I…

  • Where’s the fanfare for tackling poverty effectively?

    Connecting the dots between three political moments over three months The following op-ed was originally published in The Georgia Straight. On June 16, I attended the B.C. government’s Disability Summit, the culmination of a three-month public consultation process on disability in B.C. I watched Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation…

  • The time to act is now: Fracking risks do not require further study

    When British Columbia’s new government took office in July 2017, one thing was notably absent in the mandate letter delivered by Premier John Horgan to the province’s new energy minister. Hydraulic fracturing—or fracking—was mentioned not once. Nor did the letter acknowledge that months earlier the New Democratic Party had committed…

  • December 2006: Facing Some Hard Truths

    Progressives need to relearn how they “frame” their message The first time you come across them, it doesn’t seem to make any sense. They could be family members, co-workers, neighbours, or friends–and yet you can’t understand them: the sometimes NDP, sometimes Conservative voter. The kind of people who give generously…

  • Manitoba’s NDP: time to return to its social democratic roots

    In June, 1969, Manitoba elected Canada’s first NDP government and Manitoba’s first social democratic government. The NDP has since become the dominant political party in Manitoba, winning 8 of the last 12 elections and governing for almost two years in every three since June, 1969. The NDP’s latest run as…

  • Canada’s Emissions Deception

    The federal government released an updated Canada’s Emission Trends 2012 report today. In a remarkable shift in federal rhetoric just this past week, the Harperites now appear to be more sensitive to concerns about the Enbridge pipeline and climate change more generally. But appearances can be deceiving and there is good reason…

  • The World Trade Organization

    A Citizen’s Guide Download 45.1 KB 171 pages In this book Steven Shrybman, the Executive Director of the West Coast Environmental Law Association analyzes the scope and influence of the WTO. He shows how its using its extraordinary powers to force governments–including Canada’s–to change their policies to cater to corporate…

  • WSÁNEĆ chief David Latess, middle, with Tommy Paul and Chief Edward Jim, circa 1922. COURTESY ROYAL B.C. MUSEUM, PN 11743.

    Indigenous resurgence in a province like no other

    After 30 years of treaty talks, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission findings, and the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, First Nations still face racism on a systemic basis. Can Indigenous People ever find justice in this province? John Price and Nicholas XEMŦOLTW̱ Claxton,…

  • Creating a Just Society

    Reducing poverty, inequality will spur economic recovery An economic recovery that is mainly reliant on consumer spending is unavoidably fragile, since most Canadian consumers are now deeply in debt. Going into the Great Recession, the average Canadian household owed $1.40 for every dollar of disposable income. By mid-2009, that figure…

  • Why the hold up on paid sick days? It’s about power.

    Amid a raging pandemic, how do Canadian workers still not have paid sick days as a basic right of employment? It’s about power.  Real paid sick days, as a right of employment, are not rocket science. You tell your boss you’re sick, you stay home, and you get paid as…

  • December 2003: LIberal or Neoliberal?

    What can we expect from P.M. Martin? Read his budget speeches Paul Martin began his budget speech on February 27, 1995, with the following words: “Mr. Speaker, there are times in the progress of a people when fundamental challenges must be faced, fundamental choices made, a new course charted. For…

  • Tax Day’s Birthday Presence

    This year, once again, I’ll celebrate my birthday as Canadians file their tax returns. I was born on April 30th. And considering my line of work, that coincidence might be ironic. Or perhaps just particularly appropriate. I know, I know. Taxes, right? But the thing is, I’ve never been one…