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Study finds BC’s welfare system denying assistance to people in need, ‘diverting’ many to homelessness and hardship
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A major study released today finds that BC’s welfare system is systematically discouraging, delaying and denying assistance…
Setting the Stage for 2007-8
A Comment on the 2006-7 Ontario Budget Download 128.44 KB3 pages
Will Nova Scotia Greens be up to green challenge?
Does Nova Scotia need a new political party? Some environmentalists think so. A founding convention for a Nova Scotia Green Party was recently held. Participants…
Our Winters of Discontent
Addressing the Problem of Rising Home Heating Costs Download 334.77 KB 38 pages
Low-income households still vulnerable to rising energy costs: report
HALIFAX: Low income households are still vulnerable to increased energy costs according to a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).…
Destination Unknown
The McGuinty Government Into the Home Stretch Download 230.33 KB 7 pages
FastFacts: Childcare Progress At Risk in Manitoba
Provincial and Federal Action Needed Download 33.73 KB 2 pages
Liberals’ patchwork reinvestment strategy leaves public services underfunded, says Ontario Alternative Budget
TORONTO— According to an Ontario Alternative Budget technical paper released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the McGuinty government’s current fiscal plan would…
A Walk in the Woods
A long-time logger I know once quipped that “greed and stupidity make a lethal cocktail and this industry’s been drinking doubles for a long time.”…
Shaping Public Policy
The Women’s Agenda Download 446.95 KB6 pages
Fuelling Fortress America
As Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes his turn at steering the Canadian ship of state, Ralph Klein’s latest healthcare proposals may not be the only…
$145 million and counting in compensation for “lost” timber
Forest industry sweet deal In October 2005, shareholders with one of Canada’s largest forest companies got great news. As part of a plan to redistribute…
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