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  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    Denying income inequality won’t make it go away

    The May release of the 2006 Census data on earnings and incomes sparked a heated debate about inequality in Canada. Media commentators argued whether it was more informative to consider individual or families’ incomes, while others tried to convince us that market earnings are irrelevant since our system of taxes…

  • May 2008: Forest Industry at a Crossroads (Part II)

    Stakeholder consensus is needed to rescue industry in crisis Part I of this essay provided a brief overview of the crisis in Canada’s forestry sector. Part II focuses on finding a way forward, briefly outlining directions and possibilities. This is by no means an exhaustive list of options, but rather…

  • February 2008: Our War Against Mother Earth is Unwinnable

    Pursuit of power and profit threatens the biosphere Over the years, the pursuit of power by politicians and of profit by industrialists has led to a state of warfare against mankind’s principal enemy, which for them, strangely enough, is Planet Earth. The plan “to conquer the Earth” has been freely…

  • Work Life: The Unbearable Resilience of P3’s.

    On March 6, 2017, the Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Manitoba government was examining Saskatchewan’s experience with using Public Private Partnerships (P3s) to build new public schools. The Saskatchewan government claims that it will save $100m dollars by using P3s, although it was not explained how it arrived at…

  • What goes up must come down: Budget cuts make BC communities more economically vulnerable

    BC’s economy is a lot like a rollercoaster ride. Commodity prices for our resource exports (like energy, forest and mining products) go up and down over the years, and our economic fortunes lurch along for the ride. This is especially true in BC’s “heartlands”. While the current economic upswing masks…

  • The Hidden Costs of the Health Care Wage Cut

    A year ago, health care facilities in BC were behind picket lines. At issue was a new collective agreement, unilaterally imposed by the BC government, that cut wages and increased work hours for the lowest paid workers in health care. Most of the striking workers were from the Hospital Employees’…

  • April 2005: NAFTA Could Double Ontarians’ Electricity Bills

    Ontario gov’t hiding electricity privatization’s ill-effects When the Ontario government passed electricity restructuring legislation at the end of last year, it was bowing to Washington’s trade liberalization pressures by moving to conform the province’s electricity program to that of neighbouring American states. The McGuinty government’s proposed new electricity system, which…

  • November 2007: Graduates Crushed By Student Debt Loads

    An 8-point plan to tackle Canada’s student loan crisis Since 1994-95, the impacts of soaring tuition fees on students who attend—or can’t afford to attend—universities and colleges in Canada have been well-publicized. So have the wide-ranging spinoff benefits to countries that provide more generous financial support to their institutions of…

  • November 2007: Another Setback For Democracy

    Electoral reform in Ontario fails to win enough votes Readers supporting the creaky old “first-past-the-post” (single member plurality, or SMP) electoral system will find neither aid nor comfort in this essay. If democracy is the worst form of governance in the world except for all the others, SMP is the…

  • Growing Gap

    Empty Promises

    The hard truth about getting rich Broken promises are something we normally associate with politicians at election time. But what about the broken promise of economic growth? For years we’ve been urged to work smarter and harder, repeatedly reminded that a strong and growing economy is the fastest route to…

  • March 2008: The New Green Superpower

    European Union leading the way in eco-friendly economics The ancient Chinese believed that a cosmic force, the Will of Heaven, controlled the rise and fall of their imperial dynasties. As soon as an emperor failed to act in accord with the laws of nature, also called the Tao, the Mandate…

  • Image of Canadian senate, wooden benches and red carpet

    September 2007: Upper Chamber Needs Changing, But—

    Proposed “Triple-E” Senate falls short of needed reform Ask most people what Canada’s Senate is for, and you’ll hear it’s a place where retired politicians and other well-known persons go to relax, and occasionally approve bills passed in the House of Commons. Few really appreciate why the Upper House of…