Search results for “site/human rights”

  • What would it look like if Canada respected Indigenous rights?

    New course seeks to fulfil Truth and Reconciliation goals by teaching Indigenous law

    New course seeks to fulfil Truth and Reconciliation goals by teaching Indigenous law

  • Human Rights Commission has opportunity to change workplace culture around sexual harassment

    Sexual harassment in the workplace has been a focus of recent talk and action, spurred on by the #MeToo movement. As one of many ways in which women continue to experience inequality at work, more needs to be done to prevent and address workplace sexual harassment. The forthcoming BC Human…

  • July 2006: Our Country’s Shameful Human Rights Record

    Canada opposes recognizing water as a basic human right Five million people die unnecessarily every year from lack of clean water. Each day, 6,000 children die from water-borne diseases. The United Nations estimates that, if current trends continue, more than two-thirds of the world’s population by 2025 will not have…

  • Democratic employee ownership

    The case for expanding democratic employee ownership in Canada

    Workers lack democratic rights in the corporations and institutions that govern their work lives. As we find ourselves in an era of high inequality the question of ‘why shouldn’t working people be the owners and beneficiaries of the fruits of their labour?’ becomes timely and necessary. Read this research report…

  • The WAC Bennett dam impounds the world’s seventh-largest reservoir. In 2012 a BC Hydro employee speculated a fracking operation may have caused a sudden change in the reservoir’s water levels. Photo: Jayce Hawkins.

    Peace River Frack-Up

    Part 1 of a report on how fracking poses risks to BC Hydro’s Peace River dams Read Part 2 of the report View timeline BC Hydro has known for well over a decade that its Peace Canyon dam is built on weak, unstable rock and that an earthquake triggered by…

  • The Big Chill

    Basic freedoms of speech and advocacy are now under siege There are few values at the heart of any vibrant democratic society more important than the right and the ability to speak out freely, to disagree, and to advocate for differing points of view. These rights lie at the heart…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Trade, gender and the international rules-based order

    CCPA submission to the federal government white paper on a Feminist Foreign Policy As part of Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy White Paper consultation, the federal government asked civil society organizations and individuals how Canada can use the diplomatic tools at its disposal, in multilateral and bilateral forums, “to reinforce efforts…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Using trade preferences to raise labour standards and protect human rights

    Canada’s trade preference programs should be improved to raise living standards and improve working conditions and environmental policies

    Canada’s trade preference programs should be improved to raise living standards and improve working conditions and environmental policies

  • The UK’s Accession to the CPTPP is a threat to Indigenous Rights in Canada

    The trade agreement may impact Canada’s ability to implement UNDRIP

    The trade agreement may impact Canada’s ability to implement UNDRIP

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    Site C’s economic justifications unconvincing: It’s time we made decisions differently

    There is no question that the new BC government’s decision to proceed with the Site C dam was a very difficult one. The previous government left them with a poison pill. With $2 billion already spent, the Horgan government faced a no-win choice, with substantial political and economic costs for…

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    Challenging Site C: The BC Utilities Commission preliminary report

    The BC Utilities Commission preliminary report demonstrates why independent review of mega-projects like Site C is so essential, even with the short timeframe imposed by the BC government (the final report is due November 1). The previous government’s deliberate exemption of Site C from BCUC review is scandalous in subverting…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Future trade deals must give priority to people and planet over corporations: Report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Ottawa / Washington, D.C. / New York, NY / Mexico City, Mexico—With ratification of NAFTA 2.0 still up in the air in the U.S. and Canada, a new international report contrasts the deeply flawed agreement with proposals for a more progressive and truly…