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  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Time to draw a line in the sand on the softwood lumber dispute—report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—It’s time to play hardball with the US Administration on the long-running softwood lumber dispute, says a report released today by the CCPA. The report, entitled Time to Draw a Line in the Sand: NAFTA and the Softwood Lumber Dispute by CCPA Executive…

  • Government Moving Under Radar to Align Policies, Regulations to the U.S.—Report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The federal government’s soon-to-be-released foreign policy review will say little, if anything, about one of its most important priorities—aligning its policies and regulations with those of the U.S., says the author of a report—Of Independence and Faustian Bargains: Going Down the Deep Integration…

  • First Nations as forest partners may be Roundtable’s most significant recommendation

    There’s plenty to be concerned about with the recommendations emanating from the Working Roundtable on Forestry – an open door for raw log exports, diminished corporate taxes for cash-strapped rural municipalities, and a steady creep toward de facto privatization of some public forestlands. And in coming postings I’ll speak more…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Getting the most bang for our bucks

    AFB technical paper calls for social reinvestment over tax cuts and debt repayment CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—In the lead-up to the 2005 federal budget, debates about the potential uses for the fiscal dividend—debt repayment, tax cuts, or social reinvestment—have intensified. However, if the federal government intends…

  • December 2004: The Right is Wrong and the Left is Right

    Public opinion in Canada, as in the U.S., pulled to the right Reading Lewis Lapham’s chilling account in Harper’s of how public opinion in the U.S. was dragged to the reactionary right—and the similar account by Eric Alterman and Paul McLeary that you’ll find on Pages 8-10—I gave thanks that…

  • Follow the money, or risk squandering billions of public dollars on for-private health care–report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–If health-care activists don’t scrutinize where the recently announced over $41 billion in health-care spending is going, it could make the money squandered in the federal sponsorship scandal look like loot bags at a one-year-old’s birthday party, says the author of a new…

  • New formula and multi-year financial commitment required to address Ontario’s education funding gap–report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO–While the commitments to education announced by the McGuinty government represent a real improvement over previous years of cuts, a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives concludes that several years of additional funding on the same scale will be…

  • December 2003: The Vanishing Country (Part II of III)

    Personal incomes rise much more slowly in free trade years The noted Canadian economist Pierre Fortin tells us that, “during the 1990s, Canada’s aggregate economic performance has been the worst since the great depression, and very nearly the worst among all industrial countries.” For those of you who might think…

  • December 2007: An Interview With Afghan MP Malalai Joya

    Karzai government treats women as brutally as did the Taliban Malalai Joya, 29, is the youngest female member of Afghanistan’s parliament and has been elected twice from the western province of Farah. She is a popular women’s rights activist and an outspoken critic of the government of Hamid Karzai and…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Trees and Jobs Wasted in Rush to Beat Beetle, Study Warns

    Jointly issued by: BC Federation of Labour; BC Government and Service Employees’ Union; Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office; Communications Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada Western Region; ForestEthics; Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada; Sierra Club of Canada BC Chapter; Sierra Legal Defence Fund; United Steelworkers District 3…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Faire passer la santé en premier

    La réforme des soins de santé, les accords Download 703.36 KB Commission sur l’avenir des soins de santé au Canada Web Site

  • Beware the false fiscal alarm

    The headlines were predictable and the message clear — BC could be staring down a $5 billion deficit unless dramatic action is taken. But a closer look shows that such grim prospects are greatly overstated. The BC Fiscal Review Panel rang a false alarm this week about the state of…