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Alberta’s oil wealth
Is there a constitutional fix? For years now, provincial governments have complained about a “fiscal imbalance” in reference to Ottawa’s ongoing surpluses while many provinces…
What goes up must come down: Budget cuts make BC communities more economically vulnerable
BC’s economy is a lot like a rollercoaster ride. Commodity prices for our resource exports (like energy, forest and mining products) go up and down…
BC’s Regional Divide
How Tax and Spending Policies Affect BC Communities Download 460.04 KB 60 pages This study builds on analysis originally published in Bleeding the Hinterland: A…
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 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…
Who’s Cutting Classes
Untangling the Spin About K-12 Education in BC Download 1014.93 KB11 pages Who’s Cutting Classes? was originally published in January 2004. It reviews how public…
Does the 2005 federal budget pass the credibility test?
The 2005 federal budget was an important credibility test for Paul Martin’s government. While Martin has been actively involved in shaping the budget for more…
Budget 2005 a missed opportunity
You do not have to scratch too far below the surface of BC Budget 2005 before it looks an awful lot like an election platform.…
New Perspectives on Income Inequality in BC
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BC’s surplus of irony
The Ministry of Finance’s second quarter update on the 2004/05 BC Budget deserves to be put in a museum as a wonderful example of the…
Seats vs. money
The post-secondary financing dilemma Earlier this year, the provincial government announced a major expansion of post-secondary education in BC—the creation of 25,000 new college and…
Financing Higher Learning
Post-Secondary Education Funding in BC Download 451.66 KB25 pages
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