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BC’s social housing shell game
It seems barely a day goes by without a news story about BC’s hot real estate market and booming residential construction. People are buying up…
Legal Aid Denied
Women and the Cuts to Legal Services in BC Download 343.56 KB31 pages Attachments BC Issues Primer: Cuts to Legal Aid
Women paying price of legal services cutbacks
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) As a result of legal aid cuts women are losing custody of their children, giving up valid…
Home Truths
Why the Housing System Matters to All Canadians Download 90.7 KB80 pages While far from a failure, Canada’s housing system is falling short on too…
More than Money
The New Deal for Cities and Federal Urban Lens Download 160.31 KB This report provides an overview of federal involvement in urban development from its inception…
Seeking Convergence in Policy and Practice
Communications in the Public Interest Vol 2 It’s a post 9-11 communications world. E-mail is polluted with obnoxious spam and data-eating viruses. Governments are nervously…
From monster deficits to monster surpluses: What happened?
The recent announcement by Finance Minister Gary Collins that BC is now expected to post a $1.2 billion surplus in 2004/05 caught many by surprise.…
Running on Empty
BC’s energy policy will leave us stranded To get a picture of how British Columbia uses energy, imagine the province as a car. It’s not…
Labour Deserves More Than Tip of Hat
John Hamm’s Labour Day message asks Nova Scotians to “honour the role of working people.” But such proclamations do little to address the realities of…
National leadership and vision vital to a “new deal” for cities–Report
OTTAWA–An effective “New Deal” for cities requires a coherent National Urban Strategy to reinforce and redirect current levels of federal involvement in community development and…
September 2004: All Debt Is Not Made Equal
Economics 101: Public debt is good, foreign investment bad Read the financial pages of our corporate press, or listen to your average political commentary, and…
September 2004: Drug Trafficking In Afghanistan
U.S. sets up and supports the world’s No.1 “narco” state The close link between U.S. military and covert intervention and drug trafficking continues in Afghanistan…
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