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  • Costs do matter!

    Admittedly, I’ve been over 4000 kilometres away from the frenzy on Robson Street for the last two weeks and more. Nevertheless, I still can’t buy into the new found enthusiasm for the Olympics. True, the men’s hockey final was spectacular, and I enjoyed it as much as anyone, celebrating with…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Subsidized Housing With Supports Needs More Support

    Lessons from WestEnd Commons Stable and affordable housing is a central component in improving people’s quality of life. In light of a severe housing shortage facing low-income renters, it is clear that Manitoba has work to do to ensure that all citizens have access to a warm and secure place…

  • The Buy American Deal: CCPA Analysis

    If you’re looking for an alternative perspective on the recent Buy American deal, check out Buy American Basics, a new report from the CCPA’s National Office by economist Scott Sinclair. Scott reveals why this can’t really be called a “deal” as far as Canada’s concerned. You might also want to…

  • Private Gain or Public Interest?

    Canadians should benefit fairly from oil and gas they own Canada’s oil and gas industry can and should be converted to a public-interest industry whose mandate would be to serve the broader public interest, not just the private interests of owners and shareholders. At present, the private corporations that dominate…

  • BC’s Urban Housing (Un)affordability

    A new study published today by the Frontier Institute for Public Policy finds that Vancouver has the most unaffordable urban housing market not just in Canada, but in all of Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. This conclusion is based on a very simple, yet…

  • Economic Impacts !?@#

    There isn’t a reputable economist that I know, nor a student in my benefit-cost class at SFU (that wants to pass) that does not understand the difference between economic impacts and real economic benefits. Nevertheless, industry lobbyists and all-too-many government officials never cease to point to economic impacts — the…

  • Poverty and BC’s high cost of housing

    BC Stats put out a release on poverty lines as they relate to BC, with an important finding: BC’s dubious position as having the highest poverty rates in Canada may in fact be worse than the statistics show. This finding is buried in the piece and the title, “Low Income…

  • The Case for Economic Planning

    Companies plan for the future. Why shouldn’t governments? Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne recently unveiled Chrysler’s five-year operating plan. That a corporation should develop a strategic plan for the future seemed unsurprising and sensible to the reporters covering his press conference. How else could a large, complex organization function? But if…

  • Warning sign near Progress Energy's largest unlicensed dam. Photo: Ben Parfitt.

    Numerous unlicensed dams found structurally unsound; remediation orders issued

    More than half of nearly 50 dams that fossil fuel companies built in recent years without first obtaining the proper permits had serious structural problems that could have caused many of them to fail. And now, BC’s Oil and Gas Commission (OGC), which appeared to be asleep at the switch…

  • The Case Against STV

    More from our BC Commentary special on STV: The Case Against STV By David Schreck Will STV “make your vote count”? Actually, BC-STV can make your vote worth less and make your MLA less accountable. Our existing first-past-the-post (FPTP) system is not perfect, but it is better than BC-STV. Inequality…

  • Les Priorités dans le ‘budget alternatif’

    Éliminer les frais de scolarité au collégial, offrir une couverture universelle pour les soins à la petite enfance, réduire la pauvreté, pendant que l’on favorise un tournant vert pour l’économie: Les possibilités pour la Nouvelle Ecosse CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. ‘Halifax, NS­ – Le Centre Canadien de Politiques…

  • 2010 and all that

    It is a basic principle in economics that estimates of employment and GDP impacts in themselves tell us nothing about the benefits and costs of government initiatives. Government spending creates jobs. More spending creates more jobs. But whether that is in the public interest raises very different questions. Will the…