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    Trade and Investment Research Project

    From deep integration to reclaiming sovereignty

    Managing Canada-U.S. economic relations under NAFTA For some months now, business leaders and other free trade proponents have been beating the drums for another big leap of faith into a new comprehensive “trade” arrangement with the United States. Once again they are warning that the status quo is not acceptable,…

  • Fast Facts: The Two Faces of Government Policy Towards Local Food

    Small farm owners Pam and Clint Cavers were blindsided on August 28, 2013 when Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) staff showed up to “seize and destroy” their locally produced and cured prosciutto (pork). Ironically, just months ago, MAFRI presented the Cavers with $10,000, naming their prosciutto the “Best…

  • March 2004: The Most Destructive Epidemic

    Cancer comes in many forms. The corporate kind could be the worst. THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE EPIDEMIC: Cancer comes in many forms. The corporate kind could be the worst By Ed Finn The incidence of almost all forms of cancer is rising at an phenomenal rate. Dr. Samuel Epstein, one of…

  • Financial means for social reinvestment exist but what about the political will?

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–On the eve of the Speech from the Throne, Canada finds itself at an historic moment: will Paul Martin as Prime Minister be any different than Paul Martin as Finance Minister–The Man Who Killed Big Government? Paul Martin’s Permanent Revolution, by economist and…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)
    Seniors Care

    What happened to the national home care program?

    In 1997, after wide consultation across the country, the federal government’s National Forum on Health concluded that home care should be considered an integral part of publicly funded health services. A year later, the National Conference on Home Care identified home care as a vitally important component of a responsive…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Not the year of the forest community

    Premier Campbell announced in January that 2003 would be the “Year of the Forest.” BC’s forest companies, workers, and communities are hoping he’s serious, given how devastating the softwood lumber dispute has been. But forest communities and workers should be careful what they wish for–a closer analysis shows that “solutions”…

  • Leaked numbers sound alarm on welfare time limits

    The clock is ticking on BC’s new welfare time limits, and as the reality of the looming social crisis sinks in, people are getting nervous. Most anxious of all are those who have spent a year or more on social assistance. Starting April 1st, most “employable” people without kids who’ve…

  • The ticking time bomb of BC’s welfare time limits

    Of all the changes the BC government has made to social assistance, the most radical is the introduction of welfare time limits. The rule kicked-in April 1, 2002, and limits “employable” people without children to only two years of social assistance during any five year period. Once they hit the…

  • Gov’t investment in postsecondary education more than pays for itself: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA— Public investment in postsecondary education is paid back to governments in full and helps to reduce the financial risks taken on by students, says a new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The study, by economist and…

  • Future of Canada’s submarine program is in doubt, report finds

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – A new report on the future of Canada’s submarine program has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.  “That Sinking Feeling: Canada’s Submarine Program Springs a Leak” was written by University of British Columbia…

  • The Latin American Revolution (Part VIII)

    Nicaragua benefits from joining Latin American Revolution In July 2009, Nicaragua celebrated 30 years of the Sandinista Revolution led by the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). In July 1979, the revolution ended 70 years of brutal U.S.-imposed dictatorship. Since 2006, the Sandinistas have been back in power in Nicaragua,…

  • Growing Gap
    Making Women Count

    Gender gap leaves Canadian women “leaning in” for the next 228 years: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Without a change in public policy, Canada’s gender gap won’t go away anytime soon, says a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The study, by CCPA Research Associate Kate McInturff, looks at Canada’s progress in closing the gap between…