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  • Beer Bottles to Books

    Remaking Merchants Corner Young North End activists hailed it as the latest example of “North End Rising.” That was the response when Premier Selinger announced on June 24 that the Provincial Government is investing more than $9 million in the redevelopment of the old Merchants Hotel and six adjoining lots…

  • Work Life: Seeds Planted for Green Economy in Manitoba

    Last week, I was in Winnipeg and elsewhere in southern Manitoba for a roundtable and a series of field visits. Representing the Green Economy Network [GEN] — a national alliance of civil society organizations committed to transforming our economy in response to environmental challenges, notably climate change — I was…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Darkwoods, the murky world of carbon credits and a “carbon neutral” BC government

    It is spun in government press releases as a “first” for any jurisdiction in North America, an achievement that places British Columbia “on the leading edge” of efforts to combat climate change. But scratch the surface just a little and questions arise about the legitimacy of Environment Minister Terry Lake’s…

  • Darkwoods, the murky world of carbon credits and a “carbon neutral” B.C. government

    It is spun in government press releases as a “first” for any jurisdiction in North America, an achievement that places British Columbia “on the leading edge” of efforts to combat climate change. But scratch the surface just a little and questions arise about the legitimacy of Environment Minister Terry Lake’s…

  • Climate Justice Project

    BC government urged to lower expectations for LNG-based “Prosperity Fund”

    New report shows that $100 billion from liquified natural gas “not likely to be realized given real world conditions” READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver-–A report released today finds that the BC government’s projection of a $100 billion “Prosperity Fund” from LNG exports is based on assumptions that are, in…

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    CCPA-BC signs Joint Statement for a Just Recovery

    Today the CCPA-BC added its support to a joint statement led by the Vancouver Just Recovery Coalition calling on the City of Vancouver to prioritize lessening existing inequalities, respecting Indigenous rights, and tackling the climate emergency in their COVID-19 recovery plans. Read the full statement below. You can endorse this…

  • Fast Facts: McFadyen’s Bloated Numbers Make For Murky Bi Pole III Debate

    As recorded in Hansard, since the beginning of the Legislative session on April 12, there have been ongoing relentless attacks, on Hydro, the West route for Bipole 3, and the government. The attacks, mainly by Conservative leader Hugh McFadyen, have centred on the costs of the West route, claiming that…

  • The Wild West and dysfunctional B.C. politics

    Anyone wanting to see just how dysfunctional politics in B.C. has become should check out Bob Simpson’s recent Private Members’ statement in the provincial legislature. For seven minutes Simpson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Cariboo North and one of two Independent MLAs, spoke about why he and fellow Independent…

  • Foreign trade issues playing out in BC

    Last week Premier Christy Clark took the unprecedented step of promising there would be public consultation regarding the Province’s position on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union. If this really happens it would be an important opportunity.  The current government has never allowed…

  • Fast Facts: Putting Winnipeg On Track

    Using Heritage as a Tool for Downtown Rejuvenation For the full report Putting History on Track:  Using Heritage as a Tool for Downtown Rejuvenation in Winnipeg, click here. After incorporation in 1873, the city of Winnipeg flourished, growing from 25,000 people in 1891 to almost 180,000 by the beginning of…

  • Big “Fracking” Problem

    Natural gas industry’s “fracking” risks causing earthquakes At the end of this month (Feb. 28), Quebec’s public consultations body, the Bureau des audiences publiques sur l’environment (BAPE), is scheduled to release its report on potential environmental impacts of developing the province’s Utica Shale gas field – an area of 5,000…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Fast Facts: Tax increment financing and True North Square

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 20, 2018 On Thursday September 20, Winnipeg City Council will vote on a motion to clear the way for True North Square (TNS) to receive an $8 million subsidy through the City’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) program. Council will be asked to…