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  • Image: The massive Sunrise Plant, the largest gas plant built in Western Canada in 30 years, sits on farmland near Dawson Creek. It was one of three gas plants in a row exempted from provincial environmental assessments. © Garth Lenz

    Shielding fossil fuel corporations from public scrutiny: The new “neutral”?

    British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office bills itself as a “neutral” provincial agency. But there is evidence that this is not the case, and that BC Environment Minister George Heyman — who is tasked with “revitalizing” the province’s environmental assessment law — needs to make serious reforms. When a public regulator…

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    LNG Canada: Short-term politics trumps long-term climate responsibility

    LNG Canada’s final investment decision to build a natural gas liquefaction facility in Kitimat is a triumph of short-term politics over long-term responsibility to act on climate change. Exaggerated numbers have been used to sell the project to the public, while risks have been downplayed. The politics of liquefied natural gas…

  • February 2006: “Soft” Fascism is Getting Harder

    U.S. use of torture and chemical weapons are war crimes Given the now indisputable U.S. practice of torturing prisoners of war, the “soft” fascism term I applied to the Bush administration a few months ago has become harder. The widespread American use of torture, both in physically and mentally abusing…

  • Work Life: A tribute to John Loxley

    Economist, Educator, Social Justice Advocate Dr. John Loxley will be honoured at the 8th Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues Brunch on November 3, 2019. Every year the committee chooses an honouree who exemplifies the spirit and beliefs of Errol Black – life-long social activist, labour supporter, economics professor and…

  • Fast Facts: Putting Winnipeg On Track

    Using Heritage as a Tool for Downtown Rejuvenation For the full report Putting History on Track:  Using Heritage as a Tool for Downtown Rejuvenation in Winnipeg, click here. After incorporation in 1873, the city of Winnipeg flourished, growing from 25,000 people in 1891 to almost 180,000 by the beginning of…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Budget Fédéral Alternatif 2023

    Se mesurer au defi Download 3.59 MB 214 pages Le Canada se trouve à un carrefour. Nous sommes confrontés à de nombreux problèmes pressants qui exigent des actions immédiates, notamment : La COVID-19 et ses répercussions, l’inflation qui gruge des chèques de paie stagnants, nos réseaux de santé poussés à leurs…

  • Dangerous Cargo

    Nuclear waste to be transported through the Great Lakes Critics on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are slamming a plan by Bruce Power, Canada’s private nuclear generating company, to ship 3,500 tonnes of nuclear waste through Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River, and the Atlantic…

  • Honouring Dr Kerry Preibisch

    I am writing to honour the legacy of Dr Kerry Preibisch, a much loved University of Guelph professor who passed away on January 28th after a very courageous journey with cancer. Kerry was a mentor to me and many other students and colleagues. Throughout her impressive career, she became an internationally…

  • November 2005: Canada Takes Credit—But is the Credit Due?

    UN’s “responsibility to protect” policy fails humanitarian test The Canadian government has claimed credit for the UN’s recent endorsement of the “responsibility to protect.” But our diplomatic success has come at a substantial price. In the search for international consensus, the content was stripped out of the responsibility to protect,…

  • Manitoba program model for National Housing Benefit

    A shelter benefit called for by community advocates and developed in Manitoba is a model for the rest of the country. Rent Assist has offered new hope for low income people. It is an innovative housing policy for Canada to build upon. The shortage of social and other subsidized housing…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Alternative Federal Budget advances “Mission Critical” priorities for new parliament

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—With a new minority Parliament taking shape in Ottawa, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) advances urgent policy priorities that would ensure a publicly led, inclusive pandemic recovery. “Now is not the time for penny pinching. It’s time to stay…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    The Manitoba government’s Homeless Strategy’s goals are worryingly modest when compared to what past governments have done

    The Manitoba government’s recently released Homelessness Strategy amounts to a belated recognition that to relieve the shortage of affordable housing that blunts and blights the lives of thousands of people in this province government might actually have to build some housing. One has to balance the province’s commitment to build…