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Message to Manley
The cupboard isn’t bare For the last 18 years I’ve fought alongside countless Canadians to protect the least advantaged members of society from losing the…
“Where’s the money coming from?
The money needed to “fix” Medicare can easily be found Of all the many questions raised by the Romanow Report, the one most often asked…
Alternative Federal Budget predicts big surpluses
Forecasting record far better than government’s READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA–The Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) project, coordinated by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,…
Alternative Federal Budget 2003
Economic and Fiscal Update Download 1.44 MB12 pages
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2002, Volume 5, Number 4 Download 485.1 KB4 pages Inside this issue: Beyond “Haves” and “Have-nots”: A Closer Look at BC and Equalization Memo…
Message to BC
Ontario learned the hard way The recent Ontario provincial budget probably doesn’t sound like exciting summer reading to most people, but British Columbians might want…
The Money is There
Pre-budget Fiscal Update Download 618.69 KB 8 pages
Let Them Eat Cake
The Anniversary of BC’s Tax Cuts is No Reason to Celebrate Download 69.26 KB
A year of needless cuts and hardship
One year into the “New Era”, here’s a proposition not often heard: none of the BC government’s reckless spending cuts need to happen. All the…
Ernie Eves’ short life as a departure from Mike Harris
It was quite a let-down from Thursday to Friday of last week, as Thursday’s feel-good words from the Ernie Eves Government in the Throne Speech…
CCPA report challenges Tory budget deficit fears
A report from the Ontario Alternative Budget Working Group released today challenges the key assumption underlying the Eves Government’s claim that the province is on…
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