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Canada should invoke powerful NAFTA provision
Canadian policy-makers and pundits are predictably outraged by the United States’ refusal to abide by the final NAFTA appeal ruling in favour of Canadian lumber…
July 2005: Congratulations to the CCPA on its 25th anniversary…
…from members and supporters all across the country Accurate and honest reporting “There are only a handful of periodical publications left in Canada that are…
‘Tax freedom day?’ Not really
Tax Freedom Day has come and gone. Feel any richer yet? Almost every cause has designated a day of the year to draw attention to…
Awash in money
New federal budget more than affordable The federal budget still has one more major hurdle to clear before winning final approval from parliament. It will…
NS budget must put people first
The Hamm government releases its provincial budget today. The finance minister has already told us that it will be balanced. But this is not a…
Untangling the spin about long-term care in BC
In recent months the provincial government has acknowledged that it has not delivered the 5,000 new long-term residential care beds promised during the last election.…
Time to draw a line in the sand
NAFTA and the softwood lumber dispute In the lead-up to the NAFTA leaders’ meeting in Waco Texas, former free trade negotiator Gordon Ritchie called on…
February 2005: Putting “Pizza Party” Math to Rest
Using social justice issues to teach math engages, stimulates students A snail is climbing a tree 10 m high. Every day, the snail climbs 3…
February 2005: OPEC and the Alberta Advantage
Alberta’s oil riches created by OPEC, not by politicians or CEOs To fully understand oil-rich Alberta’s status as Canada’s most affluent province, and how it…
Seats vs. money
The post-secondary financing dilemma Earlier this year, the provincial government announced a major expansion of post-secondary education in BC—the creation of 25,000 new college and…
Follow the money, or risk squandering billions of public dollars on for-private health care–report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–If health-care activists don’t scrutinize where the recently announced over $41 billion in health-care spending is going, it…
Women pay the price of legal aid cuts
“After being denied Legal Aid in 2002, I represented myself twice in court. My ex-partner’s lawyer was brutal towards me. I had practiced going to…
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