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  • Mobility pricing: What happened? What’s next?

    The final report of the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission (MPIC) was delivered to the Mayors’ Council and TransLink Board on May 24. The report was officially received and then referred to staff for further research and public consultation as there are many outstanding questions not to mention political hurdles ahead.…

  • Ontario budget is balanced, but province still in a fiscal straightjacket

    With the 2017-18 Ontario budget officially tabled, the terms of the June 2018 provincial election have now been set — and it’s both a good and bad news story. The good news is that Ontario will go into the election with a balanced budget, which opens the door to a…

  • Presentation to the Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy On Bill 8

    Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act Thank you for this opportunity to speak to Bill 8 – a Bill that seeks to protect Ontarians’ right to universal public health care. I am an economist based in Toronto, and a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives based…

  • Re-imagining Long-term Residential Care in Canada

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—The COVID-19 crisis offers an opportunity to create a new, better normal at Canadian long-term residential care facilities, according to a new background report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). Evidence collected over more than a decade suggests there are a…

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    Shapeshifting P3s in Manitoba

    Previously published in the Brandon Sun May 9, 2023 Five schools for the price of four – this is the deal the Pallister government got when it abandoned the plan to build schools through a Public-Private-Partnership (P3) model and used the usual public model instead. The government built five schools…

  • What you need to know about the provincial debt

    One of the more memorable promises Premier Clark made in the last election was the one of a debt-free BC (in 20 years or so). So it’s understandable that people are interested in what has happened to BC’s debt since then. Provincial debt has increased from $60.7 billion in 2013/2014…

  • What the FCUCC?!

    More on the culture of entitlement… Mark Godley is the founder and head honcho of False Creek Surgical Clinic, one of the largest companies in BC providing a range of surgical and medical services, including women’s health and gynecology, plastic surgery, pain management, cardiology, colonoscopies, general surgery, you name it,…

  • The Solution is More Housing

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 11, 2023 There is a growing interest among politicians — including Winnipeg’s Mayor and those from Manitoba’s NDP — in learning from the “Houston model” to address homelessness. Those of us working to help transition people into housing cannot understand the fuss —…

  • Our take on BC Budget 2020

    BC Budget 2020 is light on new announcements. It largely marks the final year of implementation of the ambitious three-year plan set out back in 2018 to tackle some of our biggest social and economic challenges head on. The good news is that it delivers on key commitments made (and…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Health care privatization eliminates pay equity gains

    BC now has lowest hospital support wages in Canada CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Privatization has eliminated 30 years of pay equity gains and has put BC at the bottom of the barrel nationally when it comes to wages and benefits for women working in health support…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Tax cut policies stall affordable housing action

    Previouly published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 26, 2023 This month the Right to Housing Coalition released a Social Housing Action Plan for Manitoba, based on years of research and lived experience. The comprehensive plan, built on five-pillars, if implemented, would address the dire shortage of housing for low-income…

  • Nova Scotia Alternative Budget

    Fast Facts: Curbing public largesse to corporations in times of economic restraint

    Finance Minister Graham Steele is asking Nova Scotians to pull in their belts to help the government overcome the deficit and pay down the debt. It is only fair, therefore, that corporations who have been the recipients of government largesse be expected to go on a diet as well. Government…