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Putting the public interest first (Part 1)
Corporations can and should be made socially responsible Corporations are different from other business entities because they attract capital investment by socializing a portion of shareholder risk. Investors are keenly aware that their investment returns are proportional to their investment risk, so their investment strategy aims at reducing risk while…
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Ontario’s Bill 74
Clawing back democracy Bill 74 is the most recent step in the Ministry’s goal of centralizing control and decentralizing responsibility in education–so long as the carrying out of those responsibilities is in accordance with Ministry demands. This is all about improving the “quality,” and “accountability” of education, according to the…
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Contrived deficit from tax cuts excuses Harper program cuts
The economy is cleverly being used to trump the environment in both Canada and the United States, largely by exploiting people’s ignorance of economic matters. As part of deficit reduction, the Harper government has announced cuts of 776 jobs at Environment Canada; the Federal Fisheries’ budget has been cut by…
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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
In his new book, Chris Hedges visit U.S. “sacrifice zones” Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco. Vintage Canada 2013, trade paperback, 302 pages, $19.95. * * * This latest book by Chris Hedges differs from most of his others by being less theoretical and more…
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BC government claims new power over personal information. Public comment sidelined.
The BC government has a lot of personal information about you. Legislation passed last month means the government can do a lot more with it. The legislation passed without the public consultation demanded last year by the Information and Privacy Commissioner. In 2010 a legislative committee undertook a review of…
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Occupy Canada Resources from the CCPA Vault
With increased attention on the 99% emerging from the Occupy Wall Street movement, it’s time to open the CCPA vault on the issue. www.growinggap.ca is our dedicated website on income inequality, and it’s a treasure trove of facts and arguments documenting worsening income inequality in Canada and offering solutions to help…
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Occupy Canada: This week’s news
Occupy Wall Street has opened up public discussion about a problem that keeps getting worse: the gap between the rich and the rest of us – encapsulated in the Occupy movement’s slogan We are the 99%. Here’s a roundup of some of the stories emerging on the issue of income inequality…
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Will the “Jobs Plan” just add to the government trust deficit?
There has been some very good analysis written about the details of this week’s roll out of the BC Liberal government’s “Jobs Plan.” A number of pieces are on this site. Marc Lee and Iglika Ivanova had an excellent column in the Sun. Instead of commenting on the policy thrust,…
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September 2008: The WTO Doha Round Breakdown
Developing nations are blamed, but they blame the U.S. The World Trade Organization’s meeting in Geneva in July, as it opened, was described by WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy as a “moment of truth” in the negotiations for a new global trade deal. But, after nine days of talks among a…
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Work Life: Poverty or Prosperity, Indigenous Children in Canada
As we celebrate National Aboriginal Day this year, we must also take the opportunity to consider the unacceptable conditions so many Canadian Aboriginal people struggle with. This reality is sadly reflected in a newly released report on Indigenous Children in Canada. This CCPA National report finds that Canada cannot and…
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BC Hydro Review
If it were true that BC Hydro could effectively plan and operate its system with 20% fewer workers, as the government panel has recently suggested in its Review of BC Hydro, one would have to assume that the BC Hydro Executive and Board, as well as the BC Utilities Commission, have…
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BC missing out on greener, more sustainable jobs for forest industry, report finds
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – Despite having the richest forest resources in Canada, BC lags well behind other provinces in generating jobs making higher-value wood products, and is at increased risk of losing further ground as it exports more raw logs and low-value wood products to China. However,…