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  • P3 Evaluation: A Co-dependent Relationship?

    In response to the provincial NDP’s call for an independent evaluation of the costs of the government’s proposed P3 school construction project, Minister of Highways and Infrastructure Don McMorris dismissed the opposition’s concern stating that “there will be an independent evaluation, not by government,” but by an independent “accounting firm, whether Ernst…

  • Education Project

    Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2001

    Class size in Alberta–an ongoing debate! The debate over class size in Alberta’s schools has sharpened significantly in the last few months. It has set parents and teachers against government. However, neither research nor polls seem likely to move the provincial government to enforce class sizes in kindergarten through grade…

  • Atlantica proponents face PR challenge

    The Atlantica conference has drawn renewed attention to plans for a cross-border economic trading zone. Organizers say they want to tone down the rhetoric. Clearly, they want to distance themselves from the controversy surrounding their ideas for a transportation corridor to Buffalo, accelerating energy exports, and deregulation. This leaves the…

  • The utter stupidity of P3s in BC

    For the “we told you so” file. The BC government has been insisting on P3s (so-called “public-private partnerships” where the private sector builds and operates infrastructure) all over the province. We at the CCPA have consistently argued that this practice is foolish: more complicated, more expensive, and leaving taxpayers holding…

  • Why Unions Really Matter

    Labour solidarity key to quelling austerity, neoliberalism Fiscal austerity is a neoliberal economic policy the political purpose of which is to erode the power of — if not destroy — the working class through the reduction of the workforce and the suppression of wages and benefits in the interests, ultimately,…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Manitoba Researach Alliance wins international award

    Community Campus Partnerships of Health (CCPH) is delighted to announce the 12th recipient of the CCPH annual award, the Manitoba Research Alliance in Winnipeg. The award highlights the power and potential of partnerships between communities and academic institutions as a strategy for health equity and social justice. Selected from a…

  • Seniors Care

    Seniors Fact Sheet: Social Support

    Click here to download this fact sheet <PDF> Enhancing Social Support for Seniors Living in BC Although it is important for seniors to “age in place,” they must also be able to leave their homes, carry out daily activities, engage in their community and visit friends and family. Supportive services…

  • Climate Justice Project

    The campaign to discredit BC Auditor General’s report on carbon neutrality

    For months, vested interests in government and the private sector have known that a damning report was in the offing by BC’s outgoing Auditor General, John Doyle. Doyle’s office has been looking into the provincial government’s claims of having achieved “carbon neutrality” for the better part of two years and…

  • May 2008: Now Let’s Review the Private Sector

    More waste can be found in corporate than gov’t offices I recently served on a special panel reviewing the financial problems at the City of Toronto. We were seeking a more stable long-run match between the city’s revenues and expenses. In the end, I think, our final report (released in…

  • The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Round Four

    As the NAFTA leaders and their big business counterparts gather in New Orleans a few days from now for the fourth North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit, it is worth reflecting on its role in North American integration. The SPP was conceived by business and political elites as…

  • Fast Facts: “Sustainable Development” – What’s in a name?

    “Sustainable Development” – What’s in a name? Quite a lot actually, labels matter! Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship is currently conducting an online “consultation” on a proposal to replaceManitoba’s Sustainable Development Act (1998) with a new Act, tentatively called the “Green Prosperity Act”. We recall that the commitment to the Legislature…

  • Seeking a Real Families First Agenda this First BC Family Day

    By Seth Klein and Adrienne Montani On February 11, British Columbians will enjoy a well-deserved new stat holiday. With the inaugural Family Day, Premier Christy Clark has made good on a promise made during her bid for the BC Liberal leadership. The winter stretch needed a new long weekend, and…