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Recession, Recovery and Transformation: Revisiting the Role of Government
Couchiching Summer Conference 2010: Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity? Speech to the Couchiching 2010 Summer Conference Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity, a 3 day conference…
Climate Change – Who’s Carrying the Burden?
The devastating impacts of climate change are clear. But there are disturbing revelations about how global elites are tackling the issue. Al Gore—on one hand…
New report disputes the economic case for nuclear power in Saskatchewan
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Regina — The Saskatchewan office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released a new study on…
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Fight poverty to spur recovery
Two years ago, most Canadians were enjoying the peak of a 10-year economic growth phase that helped rank Canada among the 10 biggest economies on…
Solidarity should be common sense
A few months back, Jim Stanford – in a provocative article entitled “When in doubt, blame unions” – noticed a troubling trend. Stanford observed that…
Nobody’s Poster Child
Why the “Canadian Model” Cannot Be Used to Promote Financial Liberalization at the World Trade Organization Download 205.98 KB10 pages Despite the 2008 financial meltdown,…
Statistics Canada’s Senseless Census Decision
Open letter to the Honourable Tony Clement, Ministry of Industry and Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada and Munir Sheikh, Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada June 30,…
Democratic Media Reform in Canada
Campaigns, coalitions aim to democratize media system Faced with a corporate-dominated mediascape and perceived editorial indifference or hostility, trade unions and other progressive Canadian organizations…
Contagion and Collateral Damage
The Aftershocks of Global Financial Crisis Just when the world economy appeared to be settling down, Greece — that cradle of civilization, the birthplace of…
Message to Britain: Don’t Follow Our Lead on Austerity
In his column today in The Guardian, Will Hutton is the latest pundit to suggest Canada’s example from the mid 1990s is the right way to…
Canada’s Poverty Hole
New income data suggests troubling poverty trends are unfolding in Canada Every recession ushers in a rising tide of poverty. As jobless and underemployed people…
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