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  • Corporate Mapping Project

    An environmental mess: BC government needs to bring gas industry and regulator under tighter control

    Few environmental messes inherited by the new B.C. government rival the unregulated free-for-all that has unfolded in the province’s northeast where companies that frack for natural gas have built nearly 60 unlicensed dams. Not only do some of those dams show distressing signs of failing, but the companies that built…

  • Climate Plan Fails on Carbon Tax Basics

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct. 5, 2017 A draft “Climate and Green Plan Town Hall Toolkit” circulated within the Manitoba government proposes a flat $25 carbon tax. While this is only a discussion document, and not yet policy, it’s a worrying sign of what the much-trumpeted “Made-in-Manitoba”…

  • The Great Transformation

    Social Housing in Manitoba The Manitoba Department of Families recently released action plan, entitled Shared Priorities, Sustainable Progress, is short on detail and long on buzzwords. For example, in the plan’s seven-paragraph introductory letter, provincial cabinet minister Heather Stefanson uses the word ‘transform,’ or its derivatives (‘transformative’ or ‘transforming’) a…

  • Fast Facts: 62 recommendations and the Legacy of Phoenix Sinclair

    “The social and economic conditions that render children vulnerable to abuse and neglect are well beyond the scope of the child welfare system” (Hon. Ted Hughes, Commissioner, The Legacy of Phoenix Sinclair: Achieving the Best for All Our Children). Phoenix Sinclair spent much of her young life in and out…

  • Consumer rights and responsibilities in the age of climate change and big data

    I’ll be attending the Consumers 150 conference in Ottawa this week, which is co-organized by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Option consommateurs, Consumers Council of Canada and Union des consommateurs. The event is billed as a chance to analyze today’s high-profile consumer rights issues—national pharmacare, the sharing economy, climate change…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Is progressive free trade a pipe dream?

    Can the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) be redesigned as a progressive trade deal? Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland seems to think so. Under her guidance, Canada has entered the NAFTA renegotiations with an eye-catching set of objectives. Not only does Minister Freeland promise that Canada’s negotiators will push…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Fast Facts: Newcomer Families

    The role of housing and wrap around supports in Winnipeg As housing advocates across the country recognize National Housing Day on November 22nd, we must continue to acknowledge the central role of housing in building inclusive communities and seek ways to ensure  that all low-income families have access to affordable,…

  • The Budget, Employment Insurance and the Unemployed

    Following  are the notes on which I based presentations to the Senate National Finance Committee on June 6 and the House of Commons Finance Committee on May 29. They summarize key CLC concerns with the Budget Implementation Bill. Lack of Consultation The significant changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) program…

  • Budget Update investments a positive first step for British Columbians

    The BC Budget Update injects much-needed investment in a number of important policy areas that will quickly start to make a positive difference in the lives of families and communities around the province. Some of the highlights: MSP fee cut Medical Services Plan (MSP) fees will be cut by 50%…

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    9 things to look for in Monday’s BC Budget

    BC’s new government is set to table its first provincial budget on Monday, September 11. While it is expected to be less comprehensive than a full budget (as almost half the year has already passed), the investments made or missing from it will reveal a lot about this government’s priorities.…

  • Giving Till It Hurts

    Charities help needy, but also help governments deny help Of the roughly 150,000 non-government organizations (NGOs) in Canada, about 40% have charitable status. This means they provide services that Revenue Canada considers useful enough to warrant allowing them to give tax-deductible receipts to their financial supporters. If you’re wondering why…

  • The Monitor, September/October 2017

    Sanctuary Cities Download 8.28 MB The Trudeau government has shone internationally on a progressive message of tolerance, openness, diversity and inclusive, sustainable economic growth. It says it wants to make globalization fair for everyone, and that, as the prime minister tweeted, Canada welcomes all people “fleeing persecution, terror & war.”…