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The Halifax Convention Centre – a bottomless money pit?
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX, NS – The proposed new convention centre has the potential to be a bottomless money pit, cautions…
Convention Centre in Nova Scotia
Economic Wellspring or Bottomless Pit? Download 958.81 KB34 pages Over the past several months, there has been a divisive public debate over a proposal to…
Advancing Democracy and Social Justice in Canada: The Next 30 Years
On November 18, 2010 CCPA celebrated its 30th anniversary with a conference entitled Advancing Democracy and Social Justice in Canada: The Next 30 Years. Click…
Labour market exodus and other unhappy math
Friday’s labour force survey numbers from Statistics Canada were another nail in the coffin of Canada’s fleeting, fragile economic “recovery.” On first glance, the data…
Canada and the next financial crisis
How will the next financial crisis erupt? (Or perhaps we should say a further chapter of the ongoing financial crisis). It’s like figuring out which…
The Latin American Revolution (Part IX)
Argentina was rescued from neoliberalism by Néstor Kirchner At the end of October, Argentina lost its economic saviour who made the country part of the…
The Rise of Canada’s Richest 1%
Download 739.09 KB22 pages This generation of rich canadians is staking claim to a larger share of economic growth than any generation that has preceded…
All flesh is grass
Toward a re-engagement with the prairie On October 15th and 16th, prairie naturalist and award-winning author Trevor Herriot spoke on behalf of the Saskatchewan office…
The CCPA: 30 years of making a difference
On November 18, 2010 CCPA celebrated its 30th anniversary with a conference entitled Advancing Democracy and Social Justice in Canada: The Next 30 Years. Click…
Fast Facts: Who speaks for the public interest?
One of the most perverse aspects of Canadian society is the way that organized labour and other progressive organizations are dismissed as special interest groups…
Fast Facts: What kind of Economic Development Strategy requires a new convention centre?
The province’s NDP government has determined that its support of a new trade and convention centre in Halifax is in the best interest of all…
NAFTA investor-state claims against Canada surge: study
OTTAWA—All levels of government in Canada are increasingly being targeted by investors for alleged breaches of Chapter 11, NAFTA’s investment chapter, says an analysis released…
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