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  • Election nail biter: what’s next for BC politics?

    A week after British Columbians went to the polls, we’re still waiting to learn the final seat count. And when we do (hopefully next week), it’s unlikely we’ll know precisely what our new government will look like. Whatever the outcome, we know things are going to be different. And one…

  • Brad Wall, SaskTel and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea

    Brad Wall has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea for Saskatchewan; privatizing SaskTel. While the suggestion of privatizing Sasktel has been floated by the government for the past year, the idea took on new life yesterday with the Premier once again musing about the possibility of a referendum…

  • Budget 2017/18 Climate loses

    Disappointingly, specifics were lacking from the provincial budget on fight against climate change. In what was arguably the first real budget to be presented by Brian Pallister’s Progressive Conservative government, they had precious little to say about how they intend to protect the environment and move our province away from…

  • The mock doctrine: How elites silence dissent

    Where the press is truly free, and everyone is able to  read, all is safe.  —Thomas Jefferson. The brooding statue of Giordano Bruno in the Campo del Fiori in Rome attracts few tourists. Among those who do stop to look at it, fewer still know who Bruno was and why…

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    Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    To tackle working poverty, BC needs a much higher minimum wage

    With today’s 20-cent minimum wage increase, BC temporarily escapes its bottom-of-the-barrel ranking as one of the lowest-paying provinces in Canada. But come October 1, when five provinces raise their minimum wages, we will once again trail the rest of the country. That’s right, despite being the most expensive place to…

  • Housing advocates look to provincial budget for action

    Manitobans should have access to housing but, at any given time, there are about 1,400 people experiencing homelessness in Winnipeg alone.  Many others live under threat of homelessness, paying the rent with money needed for food and other basic needs. Housing advocates call on the provincial government to remember these…

  • Growing Gap

    CEO pay sets new record: study

    TORONTO – Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs have set a new record: their total compensation in 2015 hit a new high at $9.5 million, on average, according to a new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) report. The report shows Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs on the TSX index now…

  • Pourquoi attendre? Une étude sur les initiatives novatrices au Canada pour réduire les listes d’attente dans le système public

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. Montréal – Médecins canadiens pour le régime public (MCRP) en collaboration avec le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) rendent publique aujourd’hui Pourquoi attendre ? Des solutions publiques aux listes d’attente en chirurgie, la version française de Why Wait ? Public Solutions to Cure…

  • Pourquoi attendre?

    Des solutions publiques aux lists d’attente en chirurgie Download 835.68 KB Attachments Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists

  • A critical guide to the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change

    After working on climate and energy issues intensively for the past nine years, I would love to scream from the rooftops about how Canada now has a real climate framework, and how as a nation we are proudly, if belatedly, walking the talk. Instead, I feel immensely disappointed by last…

  • Attention Boomers! Six Tips for Managing Millennials

    Judging by the recent proliferation of ‘tips’ on managing young workers, as well as the number of management consultants who now specialize in ‘multi-generational workplaces’, there’s a burgeoning market for advice on how to deal with ‘Millennials’ and ‘Generation Y.’ It figures: they are wreaking havoc on workplaces around the world, after all.…

  • Highlights from BC Budget 2017

    The 2017 BC Budget was just released; here’s our analysis so far: MSP goes down for families with income under $120,000 MSP premiums are going to be cut in half for families with incomes under $120,000 as of January 2018. Essentially, BC Budget 2017 reverses the MSP increases this government…