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Tax cuts won’t increase revenues
According to recent polls, approximately half of British Columbians agree with the theory that tax cuts will increase government revenues. It’s an appealing notion. After…
Costly Energy
Why Oil and Gas Prices Are Rising and What We Can Do About It Download 658.31 KB50 pages
Pensions Under Attack
What’s Behind the Push to Privatize Public Pensions Download 74.53 KB Will privatizing public pension plans spell disaster for the elderly, or is it a…
Who’s making money on natural gas prices?
Baby its’ cold outside and natural gas is expensive. British Columbians face massive increases in the cost of natural gas, and there may be further…
Excess profits tax needed for windfall profits on natural gas
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) BC’s natural gas producers are reaping huge rewards from a hot continental energy market, a new CCPA…
Winnipeg should “grow smarter”
Province must take the lead on planning decisions new report says CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Urban sprawl is an intensely important issue…
Stopping the Sprawl
How Winnipeg Could Benefit from Metropolitan Growth Management Strategies for a Slow-Growth Region Download 145.21 KB32 pages
Who’s Making Money on Natural Gas Prices?
What Should Government Do? Download 215.97 KB7 pages Attachments What Should Government Do? Summary
What do you want the internet to be?
There’s a new Force in town, but it won’t be playing on screens of your local cinema. Instead, it is developing strategies to bring your…
“National Broadband Task Force secretive, tilted against public interest concerns”
Say authors of new communications book OTTAWA–“Calls for more openness and public input into communications policy in Canada are falling on deaf ears,” say Marita…
Success and challenges for post-secondary education in BC
For the second year running, BC takes first place in the CCPA’s alternative guide to post-secondary education (PSE) in Canada. Unlike rankings that misleadingly pit…
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