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Are days of large federal budget surpluses at an end?
OTTAWA–After years of large surpluses, today’s announcement of a $1.6 billion federal budget surplus in 2004/05 may seem surprisingly low. Does that mean the cupboard…
Child and Youth Employment Standards
The Experience of Young Workers Under BC’s New Policy Regime Download 647.71 KB40 pages Attachments SUMMARY: Child and Youth Employment Standards
Survey of young workers should prompt rethink of child and youth employment standards
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new study that surveyed public school students raises concerns that BC’s employment regulations are leaving children…
Gender Budget Initiatives: Why They Matter in Canada
Alternative Federal Budget 2006: Technical Paper #1
Federal budget-making process not meeting women’s needs—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA — The federal government’s current budgetary process is leaving women behind. A new report by Isabella Bakker,…
FastFacts: Tuition Fee Freeze
Death of a Thousand Hikes? Download 32.09 KB 2 pages
Social Watch 2005 Canada: Divided and Distracted
Regionalism as Obstacle to Reducing Poverty and Inequality Download 262.93 KB15 pages
Growing regionalism blocks poverty reduction: Report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA — After 15 years of repeated promises to reduce poverty at the national and international level, Canada…
Unions are still our best hope
When it comes to workers and unions there is good and bad news. The good news is that polls show that Canadians’ approval of unions…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2005, Volume 8, Number 3 Download 703.22 KB8 pages Inside this issue: After the Referendum: What Next for Electoral Reform? Maximizing Benefits from the…
A Canadian Response to an American War
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FastFacts: Let’s Make a (New) Deal
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