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Outsourced BC public employees feel contracting out has hurt workplace morale and quality of customer service
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–Outsourced BC Hydro and Medical Services Plan workers believe an erosion of customer service is occurring, as they are pressured to increase call volumes, often…
Removing the right to strike will not stop strikes: new CCPA study
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s proposed legislation to end the right to strike in health care and community services will not likely reduce strike activity in these sectors. Moreover, the move…
Scrap subsidies to oil and gas companies and enforce tight timeline to eliminate industry’s unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions, new report urges province
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–Efforts to cut BC’s greenhouse gas emissions will fail unless the province ends subsidies to oil and gas companies, raises the royalties those companies pay…
Panhandling should not be criminalized, says study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Restrictions on peaceful panhandling—such as City of Winnipeg Bylaw No. 128/2005—constitute an illegitimate use of state power, says a study released today by the Canadian…
Population aging not a demographic time bomb for health care costs: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—There is little to suggest that health care costs will spiral out of control as Canada’s population ages, says a new study released today by…
The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein speaks about her new book at CCPA event SEE THE VIDEO Vancouver–Naomi Klein spoke about her new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, at a…
Vicious downward spiral sees more coastal logs exported or left on ground to rot
Study reveals need for government action CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Numerous opportunities to generate jobs from coastal forests are routinely squandered and in the absence of…
Trees and Jobs Wasted in Rush to Beat Beetle, Study Warns
Jointly issued by: BC Federation of Labour; BC Government and Service Employees’ Union; Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office; Communications Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada Western Region; ForestEthics;…
Nova Scotia vulnerable to rising energy costs and supply shortfalls: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX: Nova Scotians need secure sources of energy if they are to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century, according to a report…
Ontario’s income gap at all-time high
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – Ontario’s after-tax income gap between the richest and poorest 10% of families raising children under 18 has reached an all-time high, according to…
Les experts voient des menaces à l’horizon pour les soins de santé
REGINA—De toute évidence, l”intégrité du système d’assurance-santé du Canada est menacée sur plusieurs fronts et il est urgent d’agir, selon de grands experts réunis à l’occasion d’une conférence de deux…
Sticker Shock: BC Hydro customers in for big electricity bill surprises
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (VANCOUVER) BC Hydro customers can expect their electricity bills to escalate dramatically in coming years, thanks to the provincial government’s energy policy. It…
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