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Trade Agreements and Tobacco Control
How WTO Agreements May Stand in the Way of Reducing Tobacco Use Download 106.27 KB
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Public Money–Without Public Accountability
Equity in Education Tax Credit In a long line of market-based reforms to education, the Ontario government is now offering tax incentives for citizens who…
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Public auto insurance the best system for BC
Almost 30 years into its mandate as British Columbia’s public auto insurer, ICBC has suddenly stopped singing its own praises. With clear signals from the…
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Down the Road
The Implications of “Full Competition” for Public Auto Insurance in British Columbia Download 236.55 KB32 pages
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Rethinking the Tax Cut Experiment
BC Budget 2002 Submission to the BC Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services Download 161.59 KB11 pages
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Cutting our way into a recession
BC’s economy has been hit hard in recent months by numerous events outside the province’s borders: the US trade actions on softwood lumber; a global…
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But It’s Only A Tool
The Politics of Technology and Education Reform This collection pushes the reader to think beyond the mantra “it’s only a tool,” commonly used to neutralize…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2001, Volume 4, Number 4 Download 138.78 KB4 pages Inside this issue: Restructuring Government in BC: Are we asking the right questions? Cutting Pharmacare…
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Cutting Pharmacare would be a costly mistake, says Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says that if the provincial government cuts Pharmacare, it will be a costly mistake for British Columbians. “The…
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New CIDA Reforms Risk Excluding the Poorest of the Poor
In June 2001, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) released a policy document proposing distinct new terms for development aid. The report, called “Strengthening Aid…
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