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  • What’s Wrong with Site C

    In a #SiteC tweet no doubt designed to complement an unabashedly political debate taking place in the legislature this week, the Liberal caucus stated that Site C is the most reviewed project in BC’s history, it will create 10,000 jobs and will provide affordable, reliable clean power. The tweet is…

  • Beyond Recovery

    Patching up Canada’s income security net: Lessons from the pandemic

    The big question now for Canada is whether, by design or default, we will revert to the “same old, same old” after the crisis.

  • Fast Facts: Bill C-393

    Life-saving bill killed in the senate On March 25th when the Conservative government fell on a non-confidence motion, a number of bills died on the Order Paper. Bill C-393 was poised to save lives, and its untimely death was entirely preventable. This private member’s bill was designed to cut through…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Thousands of earthquakes near Site C dam and mounting “geotechnical problems” at project warrant public inquiry, CCPA says

    (VANCOUVER) The BC government should immediately appoint an independent panel of geologists and engineers to assess the ongoing geotechnical problems at Site C and whether the unstable ground at the dam construction site could be further compromised by the thousands of fracking-induced earthquakes occurring nearby, says the Canadian Centre for Policy…

  • Let’s not keep BC riders waiting. It’s time to invest in the transit British Columbians deserve.

    Connecting BC: A 10-year vision for public transit throughout BC

    Let’s not keep BC riders waiting. It’s time to invest in the transit British Columbians deserve.

  • Fast Facts: Austerity is bad for your health

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 23, 2019 as Three thousand patients in a bind. On March 2, a news release issued by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) announced the closure of the Family Medical Centre (FMC), a primary care facility in St. Boniface, serving in excess…

  • Fast Facts: The Pallister Government and the Path to Reconciliation Act

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Thursday June 8th. On Friday May 26, I attended an impromptu event organized by supporters of the North Point Douglas Women’s Centre.  The event was held to show support for the Centre, which was reeling from the news that it would not receive…

  • Part II: The only thing certain about COVID-19 is uncertainty

    Read Part One of Michele and Chandra’s piece here. What does this mean for protecting public health? In order to have a hope of containing the virus, we need to know as quickly as possible who actually has the virus and who they in turn might have exposed. But as…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Canada’s Carbon Conundrum and the Difficult Path Forward

    Since the first oil well was drilled in 1859 humans have been on a roll. Global population has increased more than six-fold and energy use per capita has grown more than nine-fold. Accompanying this explosive growth in energy use was unprecedented economic expansion— since 1965 global GDP has grown 6.8-fold…

  • How Doctors are Paid in BC

      [A version of this piece was posted on the Tyee] Health care is the biggest, most expensive and most important thing that government does. Hospital care swallows up a large proportion of the health care budget, but primary care in the community takes care of most patient needs and…

  • Mosquito Wars: Politics, Economics or Science?

    Heated debates are going on again in Brandon and Winnipeg about the most effective way to deal with mosquitoes. In thinking about this issue it is useful to begin with the broad historical context of mosquito control, and then to follow with a look at some recent and current research…

  • COVID-19, Austerity and an Alternative Social and Economic Policy Path for Manitoba

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