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Lessons to learn from BC’s resource crisis
It has been said that those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. After the crisis in BC’s resource sectors during…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Summer 2000, Volume 3, Number 3 Download 1.24 MB4 pages Inside this issue: Working for a Living: The Union Advantage in British Columbia Reducing Overtime…
Minimum wage increase is good public policy
The BC government has asked for input on whether or not to increase the minimum wage, and business groups have responded with a three-pronged attack.…
Balancing two essentials: Public services and the right to strike
The provincial government’s recent decision to legislate CUPE school support staff back to work raises once again the issue of what constitutes an “essential” service,…
Checks and balances
Why the Calgary Herald Strike matters Canadians who care about democratic diversity in their daily newspapers should support the striking journalists at the Calgary Herald.…
New CCPA study calls for increase in the minimum wage
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT As the last labour day of the millennium approaches, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is calling for…
Raising the Floor
The Social and Economic Benefits of Minimum Wages in Canada
Submission to The House Of Commons Finance Sub-Committee
On Tax Fairness For Canadian Families With Dependent Children Download 49.98 KB
Preventing future Gold Rivers requires thinking outside the box
When the workers at the ill-fated Gold River pulp mill took their severance packages last week, it marked closure on a frustrating struggle to save…
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Economic Freedom for the Rest of Us
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