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Fossil fuel companies broke numerous rules intended to protect threatened caribou, suppressed report shows
VANCOUVER – BC’s Oil and Gas Commission sat on a damaging audit for nearly four years that showed companies that drill and frack for natural gas repeatedly broke rules intended to protect threatened boreal caribou. The document, obtained by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), underscores lax regulatory oversight…
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Provincial zoning reform essential to reduce housing exclusion and displacement
Sky-high rents, ultra-low vacancy rates and fierce competition for scarce homes have become the grim but familiar picture of housing in BC, driving unaffordability, exclusion and displacement. The BC government has made major housing policy announcements in recent weeks and a key focus has been tackling chronic municipal roadblocks to…
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The Monitor, March/April 2021
One year later Download 5.4 MB “More than an infectious pathogen,” writes Michal Rozworski in his feature analysis for this issue, “the novel coronavirus is a very harsh mirror held up to pre-pandemic reality… It is exposing the true cost of hollowed-out public services, debilitated trade unions, and cross-cutting economic…
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Fast Facts: Russia’s War on Ukraine Provides Sober Reminders for Canada’s Energy Policies
Russia’s war on Ukraine reminds us of an important lens through which to consider Canada’s energy policies responding to climate change. Pressures to transition to a low carbon future are high as the world faces down climate catastrophe, but now sanctions on Russian hydrocarbon supplies are leading to calls to…
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Fast Facts: The government of Manitoba is failing Manitobans every step of the way in their pandemic response and needs to do better
No one in the world has had all the answers, and there are bound to be mistakes and missteps. But the chronic lack of preparedness, slow responses and a legacy of austerity has resulted in more suffering in uncertain times. Without adequate investment in public health care now and into…
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Fast Facts: Should Manitobans trust nuclear burial plans?
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 23, 2018 There was a time when a plan to bury highly radioactive materials 500m from a river that provides drinking water and flows into Lake Winnipeg, would have attracted a fair bit of attention in Manitoba. Maybe even a mild uproar.…
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Suppressed report shows hundreds of BC’s fracked gas wells may leak methane, underscores need for public inquiry
VANCOUVER—BC’s Oil and Gas Commission withheld a report from the public for four years showing that 900 gas wells could be leaking methane—a finding that highlights why a public inquiry into oil and gas industry fracking operations is needed. The Commission published the December 2013 report on its website on…
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Fast Facts: Manitoba’s Silica Sand: Use for Fracking Natural Gas
The Manitoba government is poised to approve two silica sand mines, one near Vivian in Southeastern Manitoba proposed by CanWhite Sands (CWS), the other on a community-designated trapline adjacent to the Hollow Water First Nations reserve boundary, on the eastern shores of Lake Winnipeg, proposed by Canadian Premium Sand (CPS).…
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Better seniors care a solution to overcrowded hospitals and surgery wait times
A recent landmark investigation by BC’s Ombudsperson highlighted the serious problems seniors experience in accessing affordable high-quality home and community-based services (such as residential care, home nursing and home support). At the same time, BC continues to grapple with overcrowded hospitals and long waitlists for emergency care and surgeries. Taken…
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Fast Facts: Canadian Premium Sand Doubles Down With Its Revamped Silica Sand Mine Development Project
Canadian Premium Sand (CPS) is an Alberta-based company proposing to operate a silica sand mine adjacent to Hollow Water First Nation, on the eastern shores of Lake Winnipeg. The company has substantially revamped its proposal from 2019 and will therefore need to submit a new Environment Act Proposal. Some of…
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What’s in a Scan?
How well are consumers informed about the benefits and harms related to screening technology (CT and PET scans) in Canada? Download 1.25 MB48 pages Attachments Les avantages et les risques de la scintigraphie? – Sommaire To Screen or Not to Screen, that is the Question (2-page consumer’s guide)
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Public being misled by marketing of medical scans, new research reveals
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Authors of a new study warn that private clinics selling high-tech services to screen healthy people for disease could be harming Canadians and placing an undue burden on the public health system. The study, entitled What’s in a Scan? was published today by the Canadian…
