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April 2005: No News is Bad News
Does it do any good to complain about mass media failings? Journalism was always the career I wanted, almost from the time I learned to…
Time to draw a line in the sand
NAFTA and the softwood lumber dispute In the lead-up to the NAFTA leaders’ meeting in Waco Texas, former free trade negotiator Gordon Ritchie called on…
Time to Draw a Line in the Sand
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Time to draw a line in the sand on the softwood lumber dispute—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—It’s time to play hardball with the US Administration on the long-running softwood lumber dispute, says a report…
Fringe Banking in Winnipeg’s North End
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Communities taking action against fringe financial services
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT In October 2003, Dr. Jerry Buckland from Menno Simons College and a group of researchers examined the critical…
FastFacts: Freedom of the Press?
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Disarming BC’s Conservation Corps
In law enforcement, appearance is everything. When you wear a uniform, when you have a badge, when you carry a gun, people pay attention. Police…
Democratizing Public Services
Lessons from Other Jurisdictions and Implications for Health Care Reform in BC Download 225.31 KB45 pages Over the last 15 years there have been repeated…
Municipal taxation needs reforming
Tax increases are always controversial, but this year some Nova Scotians are particularly cranky about paying taxes and for good reason. I’m not talking about…
FastFacts: Minimum Wage Laws Make Sense
Peter Holle and Frontier Centre Don’t! Download 32.3 KB 2 pages
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