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  • July 2005: A Canadian Response to an American War

    War is now driving the economic agenda that we’re fighting The keynote speaker at the CCPA’s 25th anniversary banquet on May 27 was broadcaster and film-maker Avi Lewis. This is an edited version of his speech. In our discussions about deep integration with the United States, the wars in Afghanistan…

  • Septmeber 2008: Tips for consultants

    Here’s how to fool most of the people most of the time With an alarmed public increasingly holding government and industry to account for a multitude of environmental and social outrages, the powers that be are scrambling to find ways to keep the status quo while appearing to respond. One…

  • How much is BC giving to natural gas companies?

    All British Columbians have a stake in the pricing of natural resources. When trees are logged, when minerals are mined, when fossil fuels are drilled, the companies doing the extracting pay fees to the Province in recognition that the resources are publicly owned. It is therefore in everybody’s interest to…

  • Labour Matters

    Work Life: Women’s Health, Unpaid Care and COVID -19

    COVID-19 has further exposed the disproportionate care responsibilities shouldered by women in our province. From frontline workers, to parents, women are the face of COVID-19 both as warriors battling the frontline but also in the private, domestic sphere of life.  Even before COVID-19 women in Manitoba were experiencing the cuts…

  • The Taxpayers’ Federation is wrong about SSHRC

    Did you hear about the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation’s latest research stunt? Just before Canada Day – a time when high school graduates are touring university campuses around the country – the CTF slapped a graduation cap and gown on their ubiquitous pig mascot and held a press conference denouncing ‘wacky’ student research…

  • An impossible choice: at least 540,000 low wage workers risk losing CERB if they refuse unsafe work

    With provincial economies starting to reopen, we need to take a close look at the workers most at risk.  Reopening is sometimes framed as if allowing businesses to switch on the “open” sign will immediately return everything to normal. But there are many more important considerations: workers and consumers need…

  • June 2008: The Forestry Crisis (Part III)

    Proposed market-based “solutions” would only worsen the crisis Part I of this essay provided a brief overview of the crisis in Canada’s forestry sector. Part II focused on outlining a process for developing solutions. This third and final part attempts to provide answers to the most difficult of questions: what…

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    Distinguishing consent from veto in an era of reconciliation

    An unfortunate legacy of the Harper era in Canada is that public officials and the media often conflate the right to consent for projects or policies that could affect Indigenous peoples with veto power. That error is not supported by Canadian or international law, and is at odds with the…

  • BC’s new 10 year plan for people with disabilities disappoints. We can do better.

    On June 16 the Premier announced BC’s new 10 year plan, “Accessibility 2014: Making BC the Most Progressive Province in Canada for People with Disabilities by 2024.” The plan is the result of the provincial government’s Disability White Paper Consultation earlier this year. While many participants had a healthy amount…

  • Being Involved in Uninvolved Contexts

    Refugee parent involvement in Children’s Education The involvement of refugee parents in their children’s education is crucial for academic success and community development. Yet, schools often struggle in promoting the involvement of newcomer parents, especially in contexts where there are language, cultural and socioeconomic challenges separating the school system and…

  • Being Involved in Uninvolved Contexts

    Refugee parent involvement in Children’s Education The involvement of refugee parents in their children’s education is crucial for academic success and community development. Yet, schools often struggle in promoting the involvement of newcomer parents, especially in contexts where there are language, cultural and socioeconomic challenges separating the school system and…

  • Time to end profit-making in seniors’ care

    The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on serious problems in Canada’s seniors’ care system, as nursing homes quickly became the epicenters of the outbreak. These problems are not only due to the greater vulnerability of seniors to the disease, but also to how care is organized and staffed.  In…