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  • February 2007: “More Time For Daddy”

    Quebec leads the way with its new parental leave policy Leave related to the birth or adoption of a child includes maternity leave, paternity leave, and parental leave. In Canada, there was a change in parental leave in 2001, which basically extended the leave from six months to approximately one…

  • Rosenbluth Lecture 2021: Peter Victor, Slower by Design, not Disaster

    The Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture was held virtually in February. The lecture is in honour of Gideon Rosenbluth, who was an esteemed professor of economics at the University of British Columbia and a research associate with the CCPA’s BC Office.  As a young person, Peter Victor looked at the now-iconic,…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Open letter: Canada must support global access to COVID-19 vaccines at the WTO

    This letter was sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 10, 2021.  Dear Prime Minister, Since the beginning of the pandemic, world leaders have repeatedly spoken of the need for global solidarity to get us all through this once-in-a-century health crisis. You were among the first to call for…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Civil society groups urge Canada to support global access to COVID-19 vaccine at WTO

    OTTAWA – As governments around the world prepare for World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings on intellectual property rights March 10-11, civil society groups are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to support a landmark waiver that would help boost global access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and PPE. In a letter sent…

  • Love and spreadsheets

    One of the most important revelations of my life came to me not when I was diagnosed with cancer three years ago. (From this I have learned one thing: cancer sucks.) No, revelation came to me in a moment, two decades ago, when I had backed myself into a very…

  • New report: Canada isn’t spending what it takes to succeed in the global shift to a clean economy; Budget 2023 must include ambitious climate investment plan

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 9 February 2023 For Canada to compete in the global clean economy, the federal government must adopt an ambitious investment plan to match the scale of the climate and affordability crises, finds a new report released today by…

  • October 2006: We Didn’t Really Say “No” to Missile Defence

    Canadian complicity and participation in BMD continues Contrary to a widely popular feel-good myth, Canada did not reject participation in the U.S.-led “Ballistic Missile Defence” (BMD) weapons program. Unfortunately, BMD is still very much alive and well and thriving in Canada. In fact, Canada has been complicit in BMD for…

  • State of play – 3rd party advertising rules and the 2013 provincial election

    BC’s third party election advertising law has been highly controversial since its introduction in 2008. I wrote the following briefing note to help organizations understand if/how the law affects them. BC’s 3rd party election advertising law applies to many many kinds of public communication during a provincial election campaign —…

  • Submission to the Minister of Finance Government of Manitoba On the 2002-2003 Provincial Budget

    Thank you for the opportunity to present our views on the province’s fiscal situation and the upcoming provincial budget. Once again this year we are preparing an Alternative Provincial Budget, which will be finalized and released in the months ahead. Context In last year’s Alternative Provincial Budget we ran a…

  • Public Solutions Could be Undermined by Private Interests

    Long waits for elective surgery and privatization are the price Canadians must pay for their well-intentioned but fatally flawed public health care system, right? Wrong. In fact, the above conclusion cries out for a second opinion. That’s because when it comes to surgical waitlists we are currently experiencing a ‘Eureka’…

  • Health co-operatives

    New Glasgow initiative could set precedent The recent initiative to form a health co-op in Pictou County has stirred up controversy. The proponents intend to develop a health clinic to provide a range of services. But some patients worry about access to physicians’ services and some Nova Scotians are concerned…

  • An ambition constrained budget

    Am I happy with the 2018 federal budget? Well, many of the items in it can be found in this year’s and past Alternative Federal Budgets (AFB), which of course is a good thing. But in general I’d say this is an ambition constrained budget. The government had the fiscal…