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  • 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…

  • 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:…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Labour Matters
    Trade Union Research Collective

    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…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Darkwoods, the murky world of carbon credits and a “carbon neutral” BC government

    It is spun in government press releases as a “first” for any jurisdiction in North America, an achievement that places British Columbia “on the leading edge” of efforts to combat climate change. But scratch the surface just a little and questions arise about the legitimacy of Environment Minister Terry Lake’s…

  • 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…

  • Darkwoods, the murky world of carbon credits and a “carbon neutral” B.C. government

    It is spun in government press releases as a “first” for any jurisdiction in North America, an achievement that places British Columbia “on the leading edge” of efforts to combat climate change. But scratch the surface just a little and questions arise about the legitimacy of Environment Minister Terry Lake’s…

  • 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…

  • February 2004: The Vanishing Country (Part III of III)

    After years of kowtowing, our influence with the U.S. is still zilch, Canada is too good a country to let our Americanizers destroy it U.S. President George W. Bush and the U.S. ambassador to Canada, Paul Cellucci, were “disappointed” that Canada didn’t join in the American-led invasion of Iraq. Their…

  • Fast Facts: McFadyen’s Bloated Numbers Make For Murky Bi Pole III Debate

    As recorded in Hansard, since the beginning of the Legislative session on April 12, there have been ongoing relentless attacks, on Hydro, the West route for Bipole 3, and the government. The attacks, mainly by Conservative leader Hugh McFadyen, have centred on the costs of the West route, claiming that…

  • The Wild West and dysfunctional B.C. politics

    Anyone wanting to see just how dysfunctional politics in B.C. has become should check out Bob Simpson’s recent Private Members’ statement in the provincial legislature. For seven minutes Simpson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Cariboo North and one of two Independent MLAs, spoke about why he and fellow Independent…