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Building a Renewable Energy Society in Saskatchewan: What Needs to be Done: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Regina — With the release of the final report in the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Saskatchewan series Transforming Saskatchewan’s Electrical Future, former Saskatchewan Cabinet…
Transforming Saskatchewan’s Electrical Future
The Public Policies Needed to Build a Renewable Energy Society in Saskatchewan Download 1.75 MB48 pages The experience of other parts of the world suggests that good public policy plays…
The Remaining Light Screening Kit
Download 3.89 MB This screening kit provides background information and a facilitator’s discussion guide for The Remaining Light, a documentary film about how we care for seniors. You can find…
Transformative Writing among Inner-City Adults:
A Case Study Evaluation of the Open Roads, Life Learning Pilot Program Download 1.07 MB29 pages…
BC’s unfair tax system means richest households pay lowest overall tax rate
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – Public debate about taxes may be focused on the HST, but a new report released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ BC…
What Happens When the Bed Bugs Do Bite?
The Social Impacts of a Bed Bug Infestation on Winnipeg’s Inner-City Residents Download 1.11 MB31 pages Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are making an international comeback, to the point where a…
Carbon tax was the stick, now we need a carrot
Experts recommend high quality, zero-emissions public transportation system READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) Aggressive investments in BC’s transportation system will not only reduce BC’s greenhouse gas emissions, but lead…
Transportation Transformation
Building complete communities and a zero-emission transportation system in BC Download 3.61 MB47 pages This study lays out a plan for a 30-year initiative that would transform the ways in…
When the Counting Stops
What’s at Stake When BC’s Forest Inventory Efforts Fall Short Download 1.41 MB7 pages This short paper is adopted from a speech to the Winter Workshop of the Southern Interior…
Afghan training mission has high risk of casualties, low chance of success
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The government’s plan to extend the Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan deserves a public debate, argues a new report published by the Canadian Centre for…
Training Can Be Dangerous
A Realistic Assessment of the Proposed Canadian Mission to Train Afghan National Security Forces Download 720.07 KB26 pages…
Canadian military spending higher than any time since WWII: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Twelve years of budget increases have left Canadian military spending higher than at any time since the end of the Second World War, says a…
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