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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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Health Accord is welcome, but national standards still in jeopardy
The federal government deserves credit for finally acknowledging that a decade of health spending cuts has taken a toll on medicare. And provincial, territorial and federal ministers deserve credit for finally getting an agreement this week. Of course, everyone else in the country has been focused on health care since…
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Evaluating BC Budget 2024’s commitments to racial equity
Poverty reduction is a crucial element to advancing racial equity in BC, but the province’s new targets for reducing overall poverty are insufficiently ambitious and lack the urgency needed to effect meaningful change.
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Doug Ford’s budget cuts nonsense
New details keep coming out about the Doug Ford government’s cuts to legal aid, to public health, to our schools and to programs to fight racism or help victims of violence. And the pain is getting worse. Kerry Monaghan, a self-described “autism mum,” met earlier this year with Ontario social…
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COVID-19 confirms need to transform Nova Scotia’s social safety net
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—In a new report released today, Are you with us? Covid-19 confirms the need to transform Nova Scotia’s social safety net, authors Tammy Findlay, Christine Saulnier and Alec Stratford provide evidence that the pandemic has proven just how fragile our current social systems are and…
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Brad Wall Hydro Report Brings Privatization Failures to Manitoba
For Immediate Release (Winnipeg): The province of Manitoba’s commissioned Economic Review of Bipole III and Keeyask report by Brad Wall recommends privatization of Manitoba Hydro, the province’s cherished, publicly-owned crown corporation. This stands in contrast to the vast majority of Manitobans opposed to privatization and the provincial government’s own publicly…
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December 2007: No Excuse For Denying Drug Coverage
It’s time to end Canadians’ long wait for Pharmacare Canadians have been waiting for Pharmacare since the early 1960s when it was proposed by the Royal Commission on Health Care. However, despite repeated promises in the ensuing decades from the National Forum on Health and even the Liberal party itself…
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Is Doug Ford’s government planning to cut taxes next year? Such a move would be an unmitigated disaster for Ontario
Less than a year out from the next Ontario election, campaign planning is in full swing for all parties. At this stage we know few details of their platforms. But in a report last Thursday, the non-partisan Financial Accountability Office (FAO) hinted strongly that the current provincial government may be…
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Work Life: Provincial Government Austerity Holding Students and Manitoba Economy Back
Previously published in The Manitoban November 17, 2021 Two weeks ago professors, instructors and librarians represented by the University of Manitoba Faculty Association went on legal strike, bringing many classes and other university activities to a halt. The main issue faculty are fighting against is deteriorating institutional quality due to…
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Capitalism is the Crisis (Part IV)
Protests in Greece expose failure of capitalism in Europe During November 2012, Europe erupted in anti-austerity demonstrations, with protestors clashing violently with police in Spain and Portugal, where general strikes were declared. Millions of EU workers participated in the demonstrations, which have spread to Italy, France, and Belgium. Greece has…
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BC is flush. It’s time for more robust investment in the common good.
Can BC afford to make major new public investments to address crises in housing, climate change, health care, child care and toxic drugs, among others? The simple answer is yes, can we ever. A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ national office shows that despite dire predictions…
