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  • Slow and easy will win energy race

    It is hard not to detect a note of desperation in the provincial government’s recently unveiled natural gas strategy. In announcing it, BC Energy Minister Rich Coleman notes that we are “in a foot race” with Australia, Qatar and the United States to push as much of our natural gas…

  • What’s Wrong With CETA? Plenty.

    Trade deal with Europe threatens Canada’s municipalities The proposed Canada-Europe Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is generating serious questions and concerns from local governments across Canada. A sweeping trade and investment deal, CETA is currently in its tenth round of negotiations, and the Canadian government believes it could…

  • Canada’s Incredible Shrinking Population?

    On CTV yesterday, human resources minister Diane Finley said (45 seconds into this interview): “As we go forward, we’re going to have three times the expense in Old Age Security as we do now, but we’re only going to have half the population to pay for it.” That sounds pretty scary.…

  • The Shortcomings of Philanthropy

    Philanthropy no substitute for a truly just society When U.S. investment guru Warren Buffett donated $31 billion to the foundation headed by software mogul Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, visions dawned of a new golden age of philanthropy. The mammoth gift doubled the size of the Bill & Melinda…

  • Delaying Retirement: What does it mean for younger workers?

    Since the announcement that his government was considering raising the eligibility age for Old Age Security (OAS), Stephen Harper has backed off slightly, assuring the public that such reforms are years away. Nevertheless, media and experts of all kinds have fired into gear, speculating on the possible motivations for OAS reform,…

  • Fast Facts: The Harper ‘apology’: Residential schools and Bill C-10

    We learn fairly early in life that when you apologize for something that you have done wrong, it is expected that your apology will be followed by a change in behaviour. The result of Prime Minister Harper’s meetings with First Nation Chiefs will tell us whether or not he has…

  • Eurozone financial crisis worsened by central bank

    “The Eurozone Summit of October 27 saw the first three steps: a “haircut” imposing losses of 50 percent on creditors who own Greek government debt: a recapitalization of Europe’s banks, to the tune of €106 billion: and an extension of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). Further down the road,…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Beyond the crisis

    Ten propositions for a resurgence of the progressive movement The Hon. Ed Broadbent was the lunchtime speaker at an Alternative Federal Budget Roundtable held in Ottawa in November 2009. This is the text of his speech. Proposition One Virtually all governments in the developed democracies agree on one thing: our…

  • The Regina Manifesto is Still Relevant

    Adopted in 1933, it’s a Manifesto that could be written today During the Depression of the 1930s, the League for Social Reconstruction (LSR), a progressive think-tank, emerged in Eastern Canada, while a new political party, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was born in Calgary. The Regina Manifesto and its 14-point…

  • Growing Gap

    Canada’s CEO Elite 100

    The 0.01% Download 693.88 KB 21 pages The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ annual look at CEO compensation reveals that by 12:00 noon on January 3rd, the first official working day of the year, Canada’s Elite 100 CEOs (the 100 highest paid CEOs of companies listed in the TSX Index) will…

  • Growing Gap

    CEOs vs the 99%: No contest when it comes to pay

    TORONTO—The highest paid 100 CEOs on Canada’s TSX Index had reason to cheer the New Year: By noon January 3, they had already pocketed $44,366 – what it takes the average wage earner an entire year to make. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) annual look at CEO compensation…

  • Fast Facts: Comment un salaire vital pourrait réduire la pauvreté au Manitoba

    En ce temps de tourmente économique, des politiques de salaire suffisant pour vivre constituent une façon de stimuler notre économie locale. On applique une politique de salaire suffisant pour vivre, ou salaire vital, dans au moins 122 villes des É.-U. Une telle politique est à l’étude dans plus de 70…