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  • The Importance of the CCPA in Nova Scotia

    In the policy milieu of the Maritimes, the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is showing itself to be a crucial progressive voice, by providing a viable alternative to austerity measures that target the most vulnerable.  Watch these prominent Nova Scotians and CCPA stakeholders give their…

  • Democratic Media Reform in Canada

    Campaigns, coalitions aim to democratize media system Faced with a corporate-dominated mediascape and perceived editorial indifference or hostility, trade unions and other progressive Canadian organizations have responded pragmatically when they need to influence public opinion.  They have adopted media relations strategies, often run by specialized staff, to gain whatever space…

  • First Nations as forest partners may be Roundtable’s most significant recommendation

    There’s plenty to be concerned about with the recommendations emanating from the Working Roundtable on Forestry – an open door for raw log exports, diminished corporate taxes for cash-strapped rural municipalities, and a steady creep toward de facto privatization of some public forestlands. And in coming postings I’ll speak more…

  • December 2007: The Rise of Media Literacy

    Creating an un-brainwashed generation is a noble calling During the B.C. teachers’ strike a few years ago—a strike over violations of their bargaining rights that later produced a Supreme Court ruling in their favour—the province’s media predictably denounced the teachers and flagrantly distorted their actions and motives. When a large…

  • Tax cuts: Are they really worth it?

    I am trying to imagine the conversation I may one day have with my grandchildren about how my generation squandered $60 billion in tax cuts within the space of a single federal budget without investing a cent of it in something that will last for future generations. We are living…

  • Canada should invoke powerful NAFTA provision

    Canadian policy-makers and pundits are predictably outraged by the United States’ refusal to abide by the final NAFTA appeal ruling in favour of Canadian lumber exporters. The premiers have called on Ottawa to take all necessary measures to force Washington to respect the ruling. Here’s a measure it could take…

  • Tax and spending cuts a raw deal for BC’s hinterland

    For several years now, many observers of the BC economy have noted a split between the highly diversified and populous Lower Mainland (plus Victoria) and the rest of the province, which continues to be resource-dependent and highly vulnerable to swings in international market conditions. The gap between the “two economies”…