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  • December 2005: The Right to Privacy—A New Oxymoron?

    Our privacy shield is getting badly battered on every front Privacy is an extremely complex human value, but it boils down to the need and “right to be let alone”–to be free of unwarranted intrusions into our daily lives, 24/7. Think of privacy as a cultural and legal shield protecting…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    High cost of austerity

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 23, 2023 After winning the 2016 provincial election, then-premier Brian Pallister moved Manitoba’s department of Indigenous and northern affairs under the municipal relations banner — suggesting a radical change in how the government viewed treaty rights, Indigenous rights, and working with First…

  • CCPA Review: Critics of Hydro/Government plans for Bipole III lack credibility

    Last month the Winnipeg Free Press published a full page of criticism regarding the decision to run the Bipole III transmission line down the West Side of Lake Winnipeg. The critique consists of two parts, namely, an open letter by 18 retired engineers titled, “Engineers united on east side,” and…

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    Making Women Count

    Unfinished Business

    A Parallel Report on Canada’s Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Download 1.19 MB 163 pages This study provides an assessment of Canada’s progress in meeting the goals for gender equality set out in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Adopted unanimously by 189 countries including…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Fracking ban warranted to protect some of British Columbia’s biggest dams, FOI documents reveal

    (Vancouver) Fracking should be immediately banned close to BC Hydro’s two existing Peace River dams as well as the Site C dam construction project until a full public inquiry determines whether a comprehensive ban is warranted, the BC office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says. The CCPA issued…

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    Historic gains in Ontario workers’ rights: What BC can learn

    In light of the growth and prevalence of precarious employment and the lack of decent conditions of employment for vulnerable workers, labour advocates and unions in Ontario campaigned for improvements to employment and labour relations laws. As a result of their campaign, in February 2015, Ontario’s provincial government established an…

  • Think Upstream

    No human should be homeless

    “I realized was that providing healthcare and managing people’s medical condition, while important, failed to address some of the underlying challenges that were impacting their health.” “Coming out of my, I guess, career as a homeless addict, I was just trying to survive. I was desperate enough, and I was…

  • Ce qu’il reste de l’université publique

    Les universités québécoises sont en crise, et ce, depuis longtemps. Jamais, dans notre histoire récente, n’avons-nous pu leur donner une orientation claire. Voulons-nous des universités pour participer à l’éducation de notre peuple? Pour former à l’esprit critique? Pour diplômer massivement des étudiant·e·s? Pour répondre aux besoins du marché du travail?…

  • Injured workers with chronic pain: the serious human costs of the WorkSafeBC system

    I have been a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation for over 30 years. A significant portion of my practice involves injured workers who have developed chronic pain and have been denied compensation by WorkSafeBC (WCB). Workers with injuries that heal in weeks or a few months are usually treated…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Ben Parfitt at the Site C Megadam Town Hall

  • October 2004: Fair Trade vs. Free Trade

    Principles of fair trade based on economic justice, human rights While the principles of “fair trade” have been around for a long time, and are primarily based on ideas of human rights and economic justice, the fair trade movement is a relatively recent development. To a large degree, it is…

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    Making Women Count

    Progress on Women’s Rights: Missing in Action

    A Shadow Report on Canada’s Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Download 708.78 KB 88 pages This report reviews Canada’s implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and finds that while progress has been made in access to edu­cation, it also highlights the areas where…