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United Parcel Service (UPS) v. Canada
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Rising Profit Shares, Falling Wage Shares
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Addressing rural development issues in Nova Scotia
Perhaps the most important thing that we’ve learned after years of grappling with the challenges of economic development is that there are no easy solutions.…
The problem is oil company gouging, not higher prices
In the many conversations I’ve had about gasoline prices since a short report I wrote for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives was released in…
Gas Price Gouge
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May 2007: Pharmaceutical Secrecy Endangers Our Health
Drug research now done mainly to protect profits, not public health Secrecy has always been the norm in the pharmaceutical arena, but over the past…
May 2007: In Defence of Red Tape
Regulations absolutely essential for Canadians’ health and safety Deregulation is one of neoliberalism’s five big initiatives (free trade, privatization, service cuts, and tax cuts make…
Trenton plant needs sustainable solutions
The closure by U.S.-based Greenbrier of the TrentonWorks railcar plant is a major setback for the local economy. Company officials claim they had no choice,…
CCPA-NS Outlook
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Transforming or Reforming Capitalism
Towards a Theory of Community Economic Development Worldwide interest in community economic development has grown rapidly in recent years. There has been a blossoming of…
March 2007: A Special CCPA Report on Work, Wealth, and the Economy
Lots of insecure jobs created in 2006, but more good jobs lost Pundits have acclaimed 2006 as a banner year for the Canadian labour market,…
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