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The Hidden Costs of the Health Care Wage Cut
A year ago, health care facilities in BC were behind picket lines. At issue was a new collective agreement, unilaterally imposed by the BC government,…
The Pains of Health Care Privatization
Guess who does the cooking and cleaning in BC hospitals and nursing homes? If you answered “mostly women,” you would be right. It’s not exactly…
NS budget must put people first
The Hamm government releases its provincial budget today. The finance minister has already told us that it will be balanced. But this is not a…
The Hidden Costs of Health Care Wage Cuts in BC
Download 368.34 KB35 pages A companion piece to this paper, The Pains of Privatization: How Contracting Out Hurts Health Support Workers, Their Families and Health…
The Pains of Privatization
How Contracting Out Hurts Health Support Workers, Their Families, and Health Care Download 475.55 KB53 pages A companion piece to this paper, The Hidden Costs…
Wage cuts and contracting out of health support jobs harming workers and health care system: reports
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) On the first anniversary of BC’s health care strike, two…
Shifting Costs
An Update on How Tax & Spending Cuts Impact British Columbians Download 314.35 KB7 pages
CCPA updates BC tax cut distribution, looks at how costs are being shifted to individuals and families
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has updated its analysis of who got how much from BC’s income tax cuts, and how tax increases…
Repairing the Nets
Nova Scotia Alternative Provincial Budget 2005-06 Download 730.9 KB34 pages
The Federal Government and Homelessness
Community Initiative or Dictation From Above? Download 302.88 KB23 pages
Is the province equipped to tackle the pine beetle’s long-term impact?
As many British Columbians know, the province is witnessing one of its biggest logging booms in decades. More trees are falling than ever in the…
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