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Economic benefits from coal mines overstated while vulnerable species rarely protected, new research shows
VANCOUVER—The promised economic benefits from coal mines in northeastern British Columbia (BC) are wildly overstated, while mining company pledges to protect vulnerable wildlife species are…
Fast Facts: Humanitarian and Poverty COVID Crisis Looms
Open Letter to Province of Manitoba Below are the contents of an open letter sent to Premier Pallister and Minister of Families Heather Stefanson on…
A fiscal update for hard times: Is it enough?
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CCPA joins global campaign to #MakeAmazonPay
Amazon’s rise from online bookseller to trillion-dollar global logistics, internet, merchandising and entertainment behemoth was fast and ferocious. Behind the same-day deliveries and trend-setting television series…
Saskatchewan’s wasted energy (efficiency)
The Saskatchewan government often explains its approach to climate change policy as one of “balance,” concerned that any environmental regulations do not do undue harm…
COVID-19 drug and vaccine patents are putting profit before people
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A Higher Standard
Setting federal standards in long-term care and continuing care Download 147.73 KB 10 pages The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of federal government leadership…
Canadian standards for long-term care could right COVID-19 wrongs: Experts
TORONTO, VANCOUVER—Two veteran seniors care researchers have detailed federally mandated standards to reform long-term care amid a second wave of COVID-19 in a new discussion…
Transgender Day of Remembrance: Don’t just grieve, get to work
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Crisis? What crisis? One of Canada’s largest landlords is having a profitable 2020
At the onset of the pandemic, the financial security of tenants quickly became a widespread concern. As the fear of an avalanche of evictions grew, “Keep Your…
Federal net-zero legislation is much ado about nothing
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Concentration Matters
Farmland Inequality on the Prairies Download 1.29 MB32 pages On the Canadian prairies, small and medium-sized family farms are often portrayed as the primary food…
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