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Living wage shows real cost of raising a family
Would lift thousands out of poverty, share prosperity of BC’s economy READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) A new study calls on major public and…
The Conservative government’s record comes under fire in new e-book
OTTAWA—Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released The Harper Record, the most comprehensive analysis of the Conservative minority government’s record to date. “Scheduled…
Dwindling access to drinking water on Canadian university campuses: Report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Water fountains are becoming an endangered species on university campuses across Canada. That’s one of the findings of…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2008, Volume 11, Number 3 Download 428.38 KB8 pages Inside this issue: Harvest of Shame: Cultivating Farmworker Rights Living on Welfare Denying Income Inequality…
Forest Land Reserve urgently needed to counter unsustainable logging rates and massive sell-off of Vancouver Island forestlands: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VICTORIA — Logging rates and forestland sales by the three largest private forestland owners on southern Vancouver Island…
Farmworkers relegated to second-class status: study
Proposed changes would end exploitation of BC’s immigrant and migrant farmworkers CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new study of farm work…
Corporate tax cuts will increase gap between oil-producing provinces and rest of country—study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The federal government’s planned corporate tax cuts will only exacerbate the existing inequalities in Canada’s economy—both between regions…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring / Summer 2008, Volume 11, Number 2 Download 998.81 KB8 pages Inside this issue: Introducing the Climate Justice Project Searching for the Good Life…
Why Inequality Matters in 1,000 Words or Less
Download 398.11 KB32 pages Why Inequality Matters in 1,000 Words or Less is powerful essay series by some of Canada’s leading thinkers on income inequality.…
Nova Scotia’s Fiscal Situation
Reflecting on Government Priorities, Proposing Alternatives Download 571.3 KB26 pages
Ground-breaking study follows BC welfare recipients for two years
Reveals welfare rules and rates cause disturbing harm to most vulnerable CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A ground-breaking study that for two…
April 2008: Editorial: Alberta and Norway
What do a Canadian province and a Scandinavian country have in common? It’s oil, of course. Both have vast deposits of the stuff. Both have…
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