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BC Jobs Plan failing to deliver, says new report: change in strategy needed to boost job creation
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver) Statistics Canada data reveals that BC’s labour market stalled in 2013, despite the much-hyped BC Jobs Plan launched over…
BC Jobs Plan Reality Check: The First Two Years
Download 2.2 MB34 pages This report assesses the impact of the BC Jobs Plan two years in. The government’s six-month progress reports have declared it…
BC Jobs Plan Failing to Deliver
Our report BC Jobs Plan Reality Check: The First Two Years analyzes the impact of the BC Jobs Plan, launched in 2011 because of the…
Hennessy’s Index: January 2014
Out with the Old: Words primed for retirement in 2014 Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about…
Secret Surveillance Targets Civil Society
Much of Canada’s spying is done on behalf of corporations I spy, you spy. . . In the world of big mining and big oil…
2013 FINA Pre-budget Consultation: David Macdonald
CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald gives a presentation to the government’s Standing Committee on Finance during their 2013 pre-budget consultations. 2013 FINA Pre-budget Consultation: David…
Corporate Power, Government Subservience
Most people want corporate power curbed — governments don’t Several years ago, an Ipsos Global Public Affairs poll disclosed that a large majority of the…
Imagining A Moral Economy
Transition to carbon-free economy requires moral leadership “If it is wrong to wreck the climate, then it is wrong to profit from that wreckage.” —From the…
Corporate Child Abuse
Profit-driven system exploits, mistreats vulnerable youth “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul,” Nelson Mandela says, “than the way in which it…
Say Hello to the Pavement!
Unions under attack need more effective forms of activism Workers in Canada and around the world have been under assault for decades, but most of…
Debt, Austerity, and Devastation
Creditors get fatter financially, their victims get thinner Like plague in the 14th century, the scourge of debt has gradually migrated from South to North.…
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
In his new book, Chris Hedges visit U.S. “sacrifice zones” Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco. Vintage Canada 2013, trade…
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