Search results for “site/GATS”

  • L’insolvabilité de l’Université Laurentienne reflète une crise structurelle du système universitaire néolibéral en Ontario

    Les gouvernements ontariens ont successivement réduit leurs subventions publiques envers les revenus d’exploitation des universités d’environ 80 % en 1980 à environ 50 % en 2004, et à seulement 38 % en 2017.

    Les gouvernements ontariens ont successivement réduit leurs subventions publiques envers les revenus d’exploitation des universités d’environ 80 % en 1980 à environ 50 % en 2004, et à seulement 38 % en 2017.

  • Photo: © Garth Lenz.

    Priming the pump

    Scientist warns cumulative effect of thousands of fracked gas wells means powerful earthquakes ahead for northeast BC Massive amounts of water pumped with brute force into the earth at thousands of fracking operations is priming the pump for potentially deadly earthquakes in British Columbia’s Montney basin, warns a former top…

  • Modular housing for LNG Canada workers, Kitimat BC/ Photo credit Marc Lee

    Fracking in BC’s northeast

    Last summer I got out of Vancouver and toured northern BC. While the trip was mostly for pleasure, my inner economist could not resist some industrial tourism and visits to resource towns and major industrial sites that are the heart and soul of BC’s resource economy. Forestry dominates near Prince…

  • Photo: © Garth Lenz

    After the rush: Fort Nelson needs firm government commitments to reclaim lands abandoned by fossil fuel industry

    In the face of the economic fallout from COVID-19, it’s easy to forget that some communities in British Columbia were in deep fiscal distress long before the pandemic began. Fort Nelson is a good example, and a textbook case of why senior levels of government need to be mindful when…

  • Aerial photo of Smithers mill surrounded by piles of logs

    Promises of cleaner air up in smoke

    Calls for BC environment minister to suspend pellet mill permit Every year, the air in the Bulkley Valley community of Smithers becomes hazardous to human health as thousands of fires known as slash burns are deliberately set at logging sites. The contaminated air can stay trapped in the valley’s airshed…

  • What’s Wrong with Site C

    In a #SiteC tweet no doubt designed to complement an unabashedly political debate taking place in the legislature this week, the Liberal caucus stated that Site C is the most reviewed project in BC’s history, it will create 10,000 jobs and will provide affordable, reliable clean power. The tweet is…

  • Supreme Court health ruling oblivious to trade treaty threats

    Dr. Jacques Chaoulli, the Quebec physician whose complaint led the Supreme Court to strike down Quebec’s ban on private health insurance, celebrated his victory by going to Washington to be feted by conservative U.S. think-tanks.  He personally invited U.S. health care corporations to come to Canada. The Supreme Court somehow…

  • Why we need sectoral bargaining

    Why BC needs sectoral bargaining now

    Too many BC workers lack meaningful access to the benefits of collective bargaining and the failure of our labour laws to keep up with the evolving nature of work is a key culprit.

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Thousands of earthquakes near Site C dam and mounting “geotechnical problems” at project warrant public inquiry, CCPA says

    (VANCOUVER) The BC government should immediately appoint an independent panel of geologists and engineers to assess the ongoing geotechnical problems at Site C and whether the unstable ground at the dam construction site could be further compromised by the thousands of fracking-induced earthquakes occurring nearby, says the Canadian Centre for Policy…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Sequel to Seattle

    World Trade Organization’s new “services” negotiations threaten democracy READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA–Despite the dramatic breakdown of global trade talks in Seattle in December 1999, sweeping negotiations are now quietly underway in Geneva to subject an ever-greater degree of democratic decision-making to oversight by the World Trade Organization (WTO).…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Trade rules may prevent municipalities from implementing Walkerton recommendations

    Study READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (OTTAWA) Municipalities may face unexpected barriers in implementing the Walkerton Inquiry recommendations to protect drinking water and agricultural lands due to the federal governments approach to trade negotiations, according to a new study by the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and the Canadian Centre…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Facing the Facts

    A Guide to the GATS Debates Download 917.43 KB 113 pages Non-governmental organizations have lifted the veil of obscurity on the little-known General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). To counter the growing public opposition that has resulted, the WTO and OECD recently published two booklets trying to reassure citizens…