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Cutting Pharmacare won’t cut health costs
Having painted itself into a fiscal corner through “dramatic” tax cuts, the BC government is now claiming it cannot afford Pharmacare (the province’s public drug…
Global village or global apartheid?
The world after September 11, 2001 For over 15 years I have studied and traveled extensively to Peru, a country besieged by terrorism. When the…
Restructuring government in BC
Are we asking the right questions? The new BC government is clearly dedicated to so-called “smaller government”. On one major front, the premier has appointed…
October 2001: The Western Heart of Darkness
Mineral-rich Congo ravaged by genocide and Western plunder “I’m interested in land not [black people].” — Cecil Rhodes Rarely has Western savagery been more destructive…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2001
DIRT(1) Cheap: Students for sale and the tilting of a scale Abstract This paper illustrates how parents, teachers and school administrators have been quietly and…
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…
Challenging McWorld
First Edition Today’s youth live, communicate and act in a wired world of corporate logos,symbols and branding. “McWorld” is the symbolic term often…
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…
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…
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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