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BC-Alberta “trade” agreement a bad deal that should not be expanded to other provinces: studies
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Ottawa and Vancouver–The BC and Alberta governments should not implement the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA), according to…
Canada’s Rich and Poor
Moving in Opposite Directions Download 832.62 KB 20 pages In a study for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), economist David Green found the…
February 2007: When Greed Has No Limits
Outsourcing and job “restructuring” swell corporate profits Most private sector employers have always regarded their employees as necessary evils, and unions as UNnecessary evils. When…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2007, Volume 10, Number 1 Download 1.73 MB12 pages Inside this special health care edition: Let’s Talk about Health Care What’s in the Basket?…
December 2006: Power to the People (in Suits)
New kind of business lobby ominous threat to democracy Last June, “the three amigos”—the name the press gave the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the…
Softwood Sellout
How BC Bowed to the US and Got Saddled with the Softwood Lumber Agreement Download 741.06 KB12 pages
Softwood Lumber Agreement spells trouble for jobs in BC’s forest-dependent communities
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The new Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement, if it is ratified by the Canadian Parliament, spells bad news…
For Finance Minister Flaherty – and for Bay Street – tomorrow is another day
For a politician, the only thing worse than having to use up political points cleaning up someone else’s mess, is cleaning up when the mess…
Social Watch 2006: Fighting Mad
Canada’s new focus on the world Download 127.92 KB3 pages Canada is in the enviable position of having posted a budget surplus for nine consecutive…
Research for Communities #4
Government Supports for Private Sector New Econoomy Ventures Should Be Available to Community Enterprises Download 546.57 KB4 pages
Research for Communities #3
Community Economic Development and Provincial Government Policy Download 487.45 KB4 pages
Corporate-think co-opting co-ops?
Co-op Week, which runs Oct. 15-21, provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the role of co-operatives in our communities. Many Nova Scotians are…
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