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  • Public private partnerships under increasing attack in the UK

    While British Columbia continues to invest billions in public private partnerships(P3s), a UK Parliamentary Committee today told its government to “wean itself off the practice.”  The Treasury Select Committee found: We have not seen clear evidence of savings and benefits in other areas of PFI projects which are sufficient to offset…

  • Short BC throne speech neglects climate crisis, poverty

    Everyone expected today’s throne speech to be a brief recap of Christy Clark’s election platform. And on this front, it certainly delivered: only 8 pages, compared to the usual 20+, pinning our province’s hopes on LNG exports, and using much of the same language, word for word, that we’ve heard…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Does Premier Clark, the great petro pretender, have a Plan B?

    In January, one of the world’s most sophisticated deep-sea drilling vessels, the $540-million Chikyu, left the Japanese Port of Shimizu destined for a distant point in the Phillippine Sea. The voyage marked a milestone in what by then was an 18-year, $700-million research and development effort aimed at one day…

  • Prairie Commons in Crisis

    Beneficial Community Pasture Program killed by Bill C-38 With the widespread damage to environmental protection inflicted by the federal government’s omnibus Bill C-38, it was easy to miss the fate of more than a million acres of humble prairie grasslands. These grasslands provide habitat for endangered prairie species and provide…

  • The “Alberta Road”

    Next door offers a cautionary lesson for Saskatchewan In his 2010 Throne Speech, Premier Brad Wall talked of the “new road” Saskatchewan has taken — a road that, in his opinion, would delivered unmatched prosperity. This “new road,” however, marked as it is by the signposts of neoliberal ideology, is…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Canada’s fossil fuel lobby influences policy and decisions for major federal government projects

    There’s no doubt that climate change and fossil fuel extraction were vote determining for significant sections of the population in the federal election. These issues dominated the federal leaders’ debates and since September we’ve seen hundreds of thousands across the country join student-led climate strikes demanding more robust climate action.…

  • The Age of Austerity

    Despite austerity’s failure, politicians still won’t scrap it We are living in the “Age of Austerity” – or at least so says David Cameron, the U.K.’s Prime Minister. He made this announcement in 2009 at the Conservative convention just before becoming Prime Minister. This meant, he explained, that he would…

  • Labour Matters
    Trade Union Research Collective

    Work Life: Employee association, traditional union or new social order?

    More and more we’re starting to hear how groups of precariously-employed workers are responding to the vagaries of the “new normal” labour market. From lower-skilled workers to professionals of all stripes, an increasing number of workers are classified as independent contractors, temporary workers, contract employees, part-time and freelancers. The Bureau…

  • Environmental Violence

    Time magazine recently reported that particulates in the air from “industry, traffic and domestic heating, cause 4,300 premature deaths in London each year”. That works out to about 12 people dying every single day, in just one city. The British government does not seem worried about this horrific toll. To…

  • Global financial crisis/recovery: What does it mean for Saskatchewan?

    These remarks were delivered to the Saskatchewan CED and Co-operatives Conference, April 8, 2011, Mount Royal Collegiate, Saskatoon. This is a somewhat difficult topic to tackle because as far as the global recession is concerned, Saskatchewan has weathered it rather well. If anything, our main problem may be the management…

  • Work Life: Asking the Right Questions about P3’s in Winnipeg

    On Tuesday, June 11th, Winnipeg’s Property and Development Committee reviewed a proposal to buy out the Private Public Partnership (P3) agreement for the South District Police Station. In 2012, the Mayor announced that this P3 was a cost-saving initiative for the taxpayer. Yet only one year after the City agreed…

  • Health Act Inquiry Into Threats Posed by Sour Gas A Step Closer?

    A local citizens initiative aimed at highlighting the health threats posed by sour gas wells in B.C.’s energy-rich Peace River region appears to be gaining momentum, but whether or not it will result in a public inquiry remains to be seen. Last week, the Alaska Highway News reported that during…