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  • Drummond, Deconstructed

    In the Commission report that bears his name, and in all of his media appearances since its release, Banker Don Drummond has ably played the disinterested expert, taking no pleasure in sharing the “gloomy message” he has for Ontario. From the way most TV hosts and journalists have rushed forward…

  • Kevin Falcon’s narrow take on tax options

    BC Finance Minister Kevin Falcon says he is keen to take a fresh look at the BC tax system. He is welcoming new ideas, and he even wants your opinion. He has struck an “expert” panel to review BC’s tax regime, and in early January the government launched an online…

  • Annotated Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy

    BC recently signed on to a new Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, which includes California, Oregon and Washington states. On the surface it seems like the province is recommitting to climate policy, but don’t believe the hype: it was just a few years ago that BC was…

  • Time to give shale gas industry a closer look before we’re totally fracked

    Despite the recent release by Canada’s natural gas industry of a set of guiding principles governing the controversial gas well “stimulation” method known as hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”, and despite the almost immediate endorsement of those principles by BC Premier and industry cheerleader Christy Clark, more and more British Columbians…

  • Study reveals highest and lowest child care fees in Canadian cities in 2018

    Impacts of new provincial affordability policies offer lessons for decision makers CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA —A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) updates the ranking of most and least expensive cities for child care in Canada. Fees have risen faster…

  • Fast Facts: Nine Appeals and Seven Months Later

    Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship is not living up to its name. Problems with the Environment Act, the environmental assessment, licensing and appeal process, and crown-indigenous nation relations become obvious in the case of the Daly Irrigation Development Group (DIGD) Environment Act License 3010, issued on July 5, 2012. The…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Politics, not trade, behind Canada’s reversal on Israeli wine labelling decision

    Earlier this month, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) ruled that wines made in the occupied territories of the West Bank could not be labelled as products of Israel. After the ruling, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) directed its vendors to pull the products from their shelves. The…

  • The “Big Business Bang” Theory

    Social, economic, environmental ills all have the same cause  [An earlier version of the following essay was written seven years ago, but this updated version is just as topical and even more relevant.] After nearly 19 years of editing and writing articles for The CCPA Monitor, I’ve come to divide…

  • The absurdity and injustice of now

    I’m back from a short sabbatical, grateful for some time outside of my daily work and home life, feeling all big picture. But as I settle back into work, I feel like I’m seated in a Theatre of the Absurd play. My news feeds are pulling up astonishing things. Exhibit one:…

  • Labour Matters

    Fast Facts: Six Unions, One Voice

    This Wednesday, February 13, the six unions operating on the University of Manitoba campus will unite with one voice. The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA), Canadian Autoworkers (CAW) Local 3007, The Canadian Union of Public Employees 1482 (CUPE), CUPE 3909, The University Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) and the Association…

  • Making Women Count

    Canada lacks coherent response to end violence against women: Study

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA— Progress on ending violence against women in Canada is stalled by the absence of a coherent national policy and consistent information about the levels of that violence says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). “The difficulty of collecting…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Planning a BC forest giveaway

    Given the short duration of the upcoming legislative session and the provincial election to follow, a government plan to introduce a scant two-paragraph bill granting it powers to fundamentally alter the course of forestry in BC is disturbing to say the least. According to several sources who have been briefed…