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  • Canada’s job losses reach Great Depression levels. Here’s how we move forward.

    Labour Force Survey key facts: In May, 2.7 million people lost their jobs and another 2.2 million had most of their hours cut compared to February. Since February, 4.9 million people have lost jobs or had most of their hours cut, an improvement from April when it stood at 5.5…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Trade Agreements Like NAFTA Are a Menace to Democracy

    On his first day in office, US president Joe Biden revoked the permit for the controversial Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline. The partially built project was supposed to carry bitumen from the Alberta tar sands to Gulf Coast refineries in the United States. Green-lighted by Donald Trump in 2017, but delayed…

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    Housing budget? Not so much.

    It was supposed to be the housing budget, with action to address a top issue facing the province. Today’s banner headline from The Globe and Mail (“Balanced BC budget aims to cool hot real estate market”) implies that they did take concrete measures. But if you read the budget, there…

  • Paid sick leave finally on the agenda: Here’s why it matters

    The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that everyone’s health and well-being depends on workers being able to stay home when they are sick. In BC, workers now have a legal right to time off when they are ill—three days for regular illness and unlimited time for COVID-19—but not paid…

  • Fast Facts: COVID-19 & Health Care

    Austerity will do more harm than good As Manitoba re-opens, COVID-19 remains a pressing public health threat—one that will continue to require governments of all levels to step up with more efforts to protect the public.  The Manitoba provincial government will have to do its part. Manitoba still has a…

  • May 2005: The U.S. in the New Economic World Order

    U.S. can’t keep relying on other countries to pay for its imperial excesses Empires collapse usually due to a combination of military overreach and economic weakness, and, judged by these criteria, the U.S. imperial order seems headed for an imminent fall. Washington’s occupation of Iraq has been a disaster. Even…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    COVID-19, First Nations and Poor Housing

    Download 1006.71 KB20 pages Emergency measures are deemed universally necessary to prevent the transmission and control of COVID-19. Around the world, people are asked to: wash hands often, maintain physical distance and quarantine in your shelter (WHO, 2020, Health Canada, 2020). These are effective measures to slow down the transmission…

  • The HST and BC family budgets

    That the HST will take a bite out of family budgets is clear to everyone. The main question right now is just how big of a bite. Two studies released earlier this week asked this exact question but came to very different conclusions. On Monday, the Fraser Institute released a…

  • Growing Gap

    Housing bubble at precarious 30-year peak

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – For the first time in 30 years, a synchronized housing bubble has spread to six red-hot real estate markets in Canada, says a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). Canada’s Housing Bubble: An Accident Waiting to Happen examines…

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    Making it easier for Ontarians to drink more isn’t a good idea

    As 7-Eleven applies to serve beer and wine in 61 stores across Ontario, spare a thought for alcohol policy experts. Around the world, scholars have done extensive research into drinking and its effects. It’s important work: Alcohol, while often enjoyable, is not good for us. It’s addictive. It’s linked to…

  • How Doctors are Paid in BC

      [A version of this piece was posted on the Tyee] Health care is the biggest, most expensive and most important thing that government does. Hospital care swallows up a large proportion of the health care budget, but primary care in the community takes care of most patient needs and…

  • To reduce gender inequality, introduce paid sick leave

    In the week of International Women’s Day let’s celebrate BC’s positive steps toward gender equality while bringing attention to the changes still needed.   When it comes to gender and (paid) work, one recent big achievement is the BC government’s introduction of job-protected paid leave for workers who experience sexual and…