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    9 things to look for in Monday’s BC Budget

    BC’s new government is set to table its first provincial budget on Monday, September 11. While it is expected to be less comprehensive than a full budget (as almost half the year has already passed), the investments made or missing from it will reveal a lot about this government’s priorities.…

  • Titanic Blunder

    Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships on Course for Disaster Download 2.01 MB50 pages This report demonstrates that the federal government is headed for a disaster with their plans to build Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships. The authors indicate that an urgent change of course is required, and recommend that the government: cancel the procurement of the A/OPS; to…

  • CCPA joins global campaign to #MakeAmazonPay

    Amazon’s rise from online bookseller to trillion-dollar global logistics, internet, merchandising and entertainment behemoth was fast and ferocious. Behind the same-day deliveries and trend-setting television series is a company committed to ruthlessly destroying productive economic activity and debasing workers. It is helped along in this pursuit by aggressive (but legal) tax…

  • Fast Facts: When was the first time you heard about CCPA Manitoba?

    June 1 – 7th is our second annual Supporter Drive Week. Help us continue to be your local source for alternative policy ideas and analysis. When was the first time you heard about the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) Manitoba? It may have been through the community-based research we…

  • Waging war over wait times

    Will Canadians win? Belinda Stronach and Ralph Klein have declared open season on the concept of universal health care. Their timing is impeccable. In a matter of months the Supreme Court will entertain just such an argument, perhaps opening the door to permanent two-tier health care. The upcoming Supreme Court…

  • Education Project

    Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring-Summer 2017

    The Anatomy of a Nova Scotia Teachers’ Strike Welcome to the new Our Schools / Our Selves! Thanks so much for your patience. No doubt you’ve noticed that this is the spring/summer issue, and it breaks the (visual) mold you’ve grown accustomed to. We have launched a major redesign to…

  • Greenhouse gas emissions and the Energy East Pipeline

    I submitted the following to the National Energy Board, which is seeking comments on what should be included as part of the upcoming hearings on the proposed Energy East Pipeline. In particular, they are interested in arguments about the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions. The deadline for submissions is May…

  • Austerity Kills: Conservative cure worst thing for what ails economy says Stiglitz

    Governments around the world are heading down a path to economic suicide. So said Nobel Prize-winning former chief economist of the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz, to hundreds of well-heeled financiers and decision-makers who paid a bundle to hear him in Toronto. With a voice as gruff as gravel, and an…

  • April 2006: Americanizing the Restriction of Canadians’ Rights

    Security overtaking trade as driver of “deep integration” At the time the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and later the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) were negotiated, Canadians were told that they could enjoy the benefits of free trade with the United States without losing the benefits of sovereignty. Neither…

  • Budget 2017/18 Health Care Changes Concerning

    Changes to Manitoba’s Health Care system are coming fast and furious. This will invariably impact key services we all rely on and limit access to needed services. On April 7th, the Friday prior to the budget, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority announced the closure of three Emergency Rooms (ER)s: Concordia,…

  • Seniors Care

    Continued reductions in access to seniors care lead to hospital overcrowding, longer wait times: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) BC seniors face continued reductions in access to key home and community care services, with serious consequences for hospital overcrowding and wait times. That’s the central finding of a study released today that includes new data, obtained from the Ministry of Health,…

  • Révolution sociosanitaire : tout le pouvoir aux CLSC

    L’IRIS publiait une étude proposant une révolution complète du le système de santé et de services sociaux du Québec. Les médias ont surtout retenu la proposition visant à faire des médecins des salarié·e·s, mais il ne s’agit que d’une des idées dans l’ensemble de celles que nous avons formulées pour…