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Election 2011 UNSPUN: Report on the Manitoba Economy 2011
Manitoba avoided the worst of the damaging effects from the 2007-2009 financial crisis and economic recession. Economic growth in the province slowed to zero in…
Report on the Manitoba Economy 2011
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Conservative platform’s geometry found faulty
TORONTO—A detailed statistical review of the 13 statistical graphs contained in the Conservative changebook platform document finds that not one of them conforms to the normal requirements of academic…
Election 2011 UNSPUN: A Clock Worth Watching
The Winnipeg Free Press (September 7 editorial: Tick, tick, tick) correctly notes that Manitoba’s debt is a non-issue with voters. Maybe Manitobans get their information…
Financial Crisis as a Way of Life
Neoliberalism drives chronic worldwide financial instability From Wall Street to Iceland to Greece to Ireland, the world is lurching from one financial crisis to another.…
The New “Three R’s”
An award-winning college program for Inuit youth shows the benefits of a small learning environment and culturally-relevant curriculum Download 475.11 KB51 pages While not an…
21st Century Globalization
What Newfoundland/Labrador can teach the rest of Canada The Roil report on the 18-month strike at Voisey’s Bay nickel mine in northern Labrador is an…
Canada vs. the OECD
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
The Internet Tree
The State of Telecom Policy in Canada 3.0 Download 1.71 MB218 pages In this collection, committed public interest advocates and academics present primers on provocative…
Municipalities, Progressive Purchasing Policies and the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
Download 143.37 KB 5 pages Remarks by Scott Sinclair to the Columbia Institute’s Centre for Civic Governance “dialogue session” held on June 3, 2011 in…
The “Alberta Road”
Next door offers a cautionary lesson for Saskatchewan In his 2010 Throne Speech, Premier Brad Wall talked of the “new road” Saskatchewan has taken —…
The 10 Worst Corporate Lobbyists
It’s big business to promote, defend big business interests Getting politicians to bend policy to your company’s will is a fine art. It requires a…
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