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BC’s unfair tax system means richest households pay lowest overall tax rate
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – Public debate about taxes may be focused on the HST, but a new report released by the Canadian…
Carbon tax was the stick, now we need a carrot
Experts recommend high quality, zero-emissions public transportation system READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) Aggressive investments in BC’s transportation system will not only reduce BC’s…
Afghan training mission has high risk of casualties, low chance of success
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The government’s plan to extend the Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan deserves a public debate, argues a new report published…
Government Budget Priorities: Bread. Canadians’ Priorities: Crumbs.
OTTAWA—Today’s federal budget looks more like an attempt to stay in power than a fiscal remedy for the real problems facing Canadians, says the Canadian…
Colour code keeps workers out of good jobs: Study
TORONTO – Despite an increasingly diverse population, a new report on Canada’s racialized income gap shows a colour code is still at work in Canada’s…
Canadian military spending higher than any time since WWII: study
OTTAWA—Twelve years of budget increases have left Canadian military spending higher than at any time since the end of the Second World War, says a…
Saskpower: Coal-dependent laggard or renewable energy leader?
Regina — The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Saskatchewan Office released today Transforming Saskatchewan’s Electrical Future: The Potential for Wind and Solar Power, by Mark…
Canada’s best-paid CEOs ‘recession-proof’: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – Canada’s best-paid 100 CEOs breezed through the worst of the recession with earnings 155 times higher than the…
BC’s Forest Service jeopardized by deep cuts: time for a formal inquiry
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER–A decade of layoffs and budget cuts, combined with the recent radical cabinet reorganization, have so thoroughly gutted BC’s Forest…
Industry consumes well over half of all electricity in Saskatchewan, efficiencies must be made a priority: Report
Regina — In the next ten years, industry will consume close to two-thirds of Saskatchewan’s electrical generation, with mining, steel, chemicals, oil refining and upgrading…
14,000 children in Nova Scotia still living in poverty is 14,000 too many
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX, NS –Twenty-one years ago (in 1989), the government of Canada promised to end child poverty by the year 2000.…
BC’s legal aid system is “broken”
Thousands lack access to justice, leading to high economic and social costs READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–It’s time for a complete overhaul of BC’s…
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