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From deep integration to reclaiming sovereignty
Managing Canada-U.S. economic relations under NAFTA For some months now, business leaders and other free trade proponents have been beating the drums for another big…
A Bad Time to be Poor
An Analysis of British Columbia’s New Welfare Policies Download 530.22 KB53 pages
Intellectual Property Rights and the Canadian Pharmaceutial Marketplace
Where Do We Go From Here? Download 162.33 KB26 pages
BC government warned that new welfare policies combined with slow economy spell upheaval, hardship in communities across the province
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – BC’s provincial government received a warning today from researchers who say its package of new welfare rules is…
Extended patent protection
Who benefits? CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–The issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for pharmaceuticals has returned to the agenda partly as…
Sobering Result
The Alberta Liquor Retailing Industry Ten Years after Privatization Download 597.94 KB62 pages
The 10-year hangover
Albertans are paying the higher social, financial costs of liquor retail privatization CLICK HERE TO READ FULL REPORT. EDMONTON–Ten years after the government of Alberta…
A bad time to be poor
Welfare (social assistance) is a critical element of our social safety net. It is an expression of social solidarity–one of the ways we have chosen…
The Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Budget Stabilization Mechanism or Smoke and Mirrors? Download 151.15 KB
Money on the Line
Workers’ Capital in Canada Download 868.1 KB 272 pages The billions of dollars in Canadian pension funds belong to the workers for whom these funds…
Review of Economic & Social Trends in Manitoba Summer 2003
Government Should Not Step on Community’s Toes on Housing Download 49.35 KB4 pages
When Worlds Collide
Implications of International Trade and Investment Agreements for Non-Profit Social Services Download 205.13 KB186 pages Although Canada has vowed that its domestic social policies will…
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