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Marjorie Griffin Cohen
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Out of the Closet on Site C
For years, successive BC governments have forbidden any new large-scale hydro dams. When I was on the BC Hydro Board of Directors in the mid-1990s,…
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Response to the Recession
Rescue the economy, protect people, and plan for the future Many items in the Canadian federal government’s economic stimulus package depend on how individual decisions…
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A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC
Download 751.9 KB 65 pages This report lays out a comprehensive poverty reduction plan for BC. In 2009, after the report was published, the CCPA-BC,…
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We all pay for poverty
BC needs a plan British Columbians are distressed by poverty and growing homelessness in our midst, but too often we feel resigned — that nothing…
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BC Priorities in the face of an economic downturn
Gordon Campbell’s recent 10-point economic plan will have no impact on BC’s most serious problem – persistent and extreme poverty. BC has the highest poverty…
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Government polices part of story of BC’s declining median income
The results of the 2006 Census on income were recently published and produced stark headlines about enormous wage declines in Canada over the past 25…
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Big budget surplus a good time to bridge the gender gap
Budgets are normally presented as though they affect most people in the same way. They don’t. In recognition of this fact, “gender budgeting” has become…
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February 2006: Why Canada Needs a National Energy Plan
U.S. is now determined to control Canada’s electric power Canadians who care about the effects of U.S. imperialism tend to associate it with the adamant…
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March 2005: Another Blackout Looming
Government inaction could leave millions in the dark again soon Unless the U.S. and Canadian governments act soon, many of us could be sitting in…
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It’s time for an inheritance tax
Are you going to inherit $1 million? Well, if you are, you’re safe — even with the new NDP inheritance tax proposal. Alarm bells have…
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A Return to Wage Discrimination
Pay Equity Losses Through the Privatization of Health Care Download 220.05 KB26 pages Attachments French Summary: A Return to Wage Discrimination
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Three weddings and a funeral
Government plans for electricity in BC The provincial government has embarked on a massive redesign of BC’s electricity system. Throughout this process of radical restructuring…
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