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  • BC’s Big Favour?

    The hype on LNG has grown to staggering proportions. I have not had much time to debunk all of the government’s grotesque exaggerations and outright falsehoods. But Christy Clark’s claim that BC is “doing the world a favour” by exporting LNG to Asia made me write this oped, which got…

  • BC’s Big Favour?

    The hype on LNG has grown to staggering proportions. I have not had much time to debunk all of the government’s grotesque exaggerations and outright falsehoods. But Christy Clark’s claim that BC is “doing the world a favour” by exporting LNG to Asia made me write this oped, which got…

  • Education Project

    Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2009

    Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: Professional judgment, authentic learning and creative classrooms Attachments Table of Contents and Editorial The Student’s Freedom to Learn Requires the Educator’s Freedom to Teach “Not Mining is Not An Option!” Corporate lessons from the Mining Matters curriculum Book Review – About Canada: Childcare

  • Loonie’s Fall Not a Moment Too Soon

    The long-overdue depreciation of Canada’s currency is gathering steam. The dollar lost 8 cents against its U.S. counterpart, in fits and starts, over 2013. It’s lost another 2 cents since the start of 2014, and negative sentiment about the currency is accumulating among financial analysts and traders. Indeed, once the…

  • Atlantica concept must be put on map for public discussion

    I suspect that few Atlantic Canadians would argue against the potential benefits of improving trade ties with our New England neighbours. So the controversy surrounding proposals for an “Atlantica” trade zone spanning Atlantic Canada and northern New England may come as a surprise. However, a study released last week by…

  • Grading Canada’s Economic Recovery: The big picture

    Over the past week, we’ve been evaluating Canada’s economic recovery. Today is the last post in this blog series. There is no dispute that Canada has had a ‘recovery’ – both Canada’s economy and unemployment have improved since the end of the low point of the recession – but the question is…

  • Grading Canada’s Economic Recovery: More employment in Canada is precarious

    “We will take decisive action to ensure our economy will create good jobs and sustain a higher quality of life for our children and grandchildren.” – 2012 Budget speech Beyond involuntary part-time employment, which we looked at yesterday, another measure of the quality of employment is the permanency of the position.“Good…

  • Grading Canada’s Economic Recovery: Underemployment in post-recession Canada

    “We will take decisive action to ensure our economy will create good jobs and sustain a higher quality of life for our children and grandchildren.”– 2012 Budget speech As we saw yesterday, the recovery of Canada’s job market since the recession has been mid-ranged compared to rest of the developed world; a…

  • Grading Canada’s Economic Recovery: Behind the spin on our economy

    It is now more than four years after the technical end of Canada’s recession and, according to the Government of Canada, the economy is doing great. But how accurate is that message? Is Canada’s economy the best in the world? Over the next several days, CCPA’s blog Behind the Numbers, will publish a…

  • Over-consumption is the new black

    At the end of the week, the United States will celebrate their national holiday, or rather that of the American Dream in its most mercantile, superficial —and bloody— incarnation. At the end of the week, it will be Black Friday, the day which unofficially kicks off the Holiday shopping season. Each…

  • Three decades lost

    Less than 1% reduction in child poverty in Nova Scotia since 1989 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax – In Nova Scotia there are 40,710 children or close to 1 in 4 children (24.2%) who live in poverty based on the most recent data. The 2019 Report Card…

  • May 2007: Canada’s Lack of Affordable Housing

    Rent supplements help, but only if landlords cooperate There are many ways in which money for affordable housing can be put to use. Three key methods are: build non-profit housing; provide housing allowances or rent supplements; and provide tax credits for the developers of rental housing. All three methods have…