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  • La privatisation mine l’assurance-maladie

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. Qu’est-ce qui ne va pas avec la privatisation des soins de santé? Bien des choses. C’est la conclusion tranchante des auteurs du rapport sur les soins de santé intitulé Health Care, Limited, un nouveau rapport de synthèse sur l’état du système de soins de…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    Government action is needed to achieve women’s equality

    On October 15, women, children and men will take to the streets in more than 140 countries in the World March of Women. Marchers will demand an end to poverty and violence against women. On the eve of the march, Premier Ujjal Dosanjh and Joan Smallwood, Minister of Women’s Equality,…

  • Fast Facts: La certification automatique à cinquante pour cent plus un : c’est en plein le temps!

    A titre de membres de l’Organisation internationale du travail (OIT), le Canada et les provinces ont l’obligation de respecter, promouvoir et appliquer de bonne foi les droits humains fondamentaux précisés en 1998 dans la Déclaration de l’OIT relative aux principes et droits fondamentaux au travail. Parmi ces droits figure la « liberté…

  • La privatisation : le cheval de Troie des services publics

    Une des principales dynamiques de notre époque est la pression exercée sur les gouvernements pour offrir plus de services publics en utilisant moins de ressources. La population vieillit, l’infrastructure urbaine se détériore et, avec l’immigration et la mondialisation croissantes du commerce, tous les paliers de gouvernement font face à une…

  • Where will your RRSP go today?

    RRSP season is here again and the frenzied pitch of television ads is on. Looking south with envy at a US stock market that continues to boom, many commentators are calling for the elimination of restrictions on foreign investment that are “robbing” Canadians. Pre-budget rumblings from the Finance Minister suggest…

  • New CCPA study calls for increase in the minimum wage

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT As the last labour day of the millennium approaches, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is calling for a substantial increase in the minimum wage. In a major new study released today, the Centre dispels numerous myths about minimum wages, and argues that…

  • October 2006: Workers Unprotected

    Our gov’ts refuse to see labour rights as human rights Almost everyone in Canada now understands, and more or less accepts, the notion of human rights. It wasn’t always so. The idea has a relatively short history in Canada, given that the UN Charter dates from just after the Second…

  • Atlantica concept needs boundaries

    At a conference this week in Saint John, Atlantic Canada’s business elite will be promoting closer economic integration between Atlantic Canada and the New England states. The conference, “Reaching Atlantica: Business without Boundaries,” hosted by the Atlantic Provinces Chambers of Commerce, will work on a strategy to develop a regional…

  • June 2006: Serving As the U.S. Military’s Spy in the Sky

    Canada taking a key role in the militarization of space Few Canadians realize that their taxes have long been used to make this country a major force in the militarization of space. Although our government loudly proclaims its opposition to the weaponization of space, it has quietly mentored the research…

  • What would they cut to pay for a tax cut in Nova Scotia?

    In the runup to Rodney MacDonald’s first budget, business lobby groups are pushing for more tax cuts. The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) has embarked on a campaign to improve the province’s “business climate” through tax reduction. The campaign’s message was echoed by three articles in the April 8…

  • December 2005: Our Dangerous Energy Addiction

    Nuclear power badly flawed as alternative to filthy fossil fuels “It still amazes me that people don’t know that their power comes from nuclear reactors. It amazes me that many people drive past the Pickering plant on their way to work every day, and don’t know it is a nuclear…

  • September 2005: The Recurrence of Fascism

    Today’s corporate dominance eerily similar to pre-fascist era in Europe Observing political and economic discourse in North America since the 1970s leads to an inescapable conclusion: the vast bulk of legislative activity favours the interests of large commercial enterprises. Big business is very well off, and successive Canadian and U.S.…