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  • Oh, about that recession …

    BC’s recession started in 2008. That is the upshot of today’s release of Statistics Canada’s Provincial Economic Accounts, which provides the first estimates of BC’s GDP for 2008. Unlike national data, which are provided quarterly and on a timely basis, we have to wait about four months to tally the…

  • Assessing BC’s fiscal health: unpacking the spin on BC’s deficits, debt and spending

    As happens in elections, the claims and accusations are flying about “who is the better fiscal manager.” The Liberals created a “Spend-O-Meter” purporting to show the NDP’s spendthrift ways. The NDP responded with a “Debt-O-Meter” showing how the Liberals have racked up the provincial debt in their time in office.…

  • Labour Matters

    Work Life: Temporary foreign workers face unjust crackdown

    As part of an ongoing overhaul of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) the federal government imposed what is referred to as the “four and four” rule, the results of which will begin to impact newcomers this April 1st. The regulation limits the length of time temporary workers may work…

  • Growing Gap

    CEO pay in Canada soars to glory days of pre-recession heights

    OTTAWA—Before lunch today—the first official work day of 2015—Canada’s highest paid CEOs will pocket what most Canadians work all year to earn, says the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) annual CEO pay review. The review, by economist and CCPA Research Associate Hugh Mackenzie, finds CEO pay in Canada has…

  • Difficult Decisions: Whose Pain? Whose Gain?

    Nova Scotia Budget Watch 2015 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX—The Nova Scotia government is set to release the provincial budget on April 9. To help Nova Scotians understand the government’s budgetary decisions, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS (CCPA-NS) is releasing a series of budget watch primers.…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    BC’s public sector the smallest in Canada; public services short-staffed

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – A report released today finds that spending cuts and staff reductions have seriously weakened BC’s public sector, which is the smallest in Canada when measured as a share of the population. “The message to the public has been that public sector employment can…

  • Climate Justice Project

    The campaign to discredit BC Auditor General’s report on carbon neutrality

    For months, vested interests in government and the private sector have known that a damning report was in the offing by BC’s outgoing Auditor General, John Doyle. Doyle’s office has been looking into the provincial government’s claims of having achieved “carbon neutrality” for the better part of two years and…

  • Accounting games of Olympic proportion

    The long awaited 2010 security budget was finally unveiled today. The latest estimate pegs the cost of securing the Olympics at $900 million or just over five times more than the original estimate of $175 million. BC’s portion of the total now sits at $252.5 million or roughly three times…

  • May 2003: West Paupans Oppressed by U.S. Multinational

    An interview with John Rumbiak John Rumbiak is a supervisor for West Papua Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy (ELSHAM) based in Jayapura, the capital of West Papua province in Indonesia. He toured Canada in November 2002 to promote awareness of the oppression and exploitation of the Papuan people…

  • BC’s child care crisis IS an election issue

    The provincial election is off and running, and once again families and communities know that childcare should be a high priority for every candidate in every riding. After eight years of failed policies, ad hoc decisions, and inadequate funding, B.C. childcare is in a crisis. Just ask any young family…

  • The Victims Of Drones (Part II)

    Devastating drone attacks on Pathans completely unjustified Much has been written and broadcast in the Western media about U.S. drone attacks in northwestern Pakistan, but little about the main targets of these drones: the Pathan people. I grew up with Pathans (called Pashtuns in Afghanistan) in northwest Pakistan, where I…

  • Repeat After Me: Ontario is not Greece

    The Fraser Institute has a new report warning Ontario could become the next Greece or California because of the size of its debt. Of course we know Ontario is not Greece or California, and such comparisons are disingenuous. But it is possible that Ontario could find itself in a similar…