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A tree too far
The total logging response to the pine beetle catastrophe means healthy trees are being felled with the dead ones. The policy needs rethinking. Cookie-cutter responses to big problems have a…
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 early May (Gas Price Gouge),…
Health care storm clouds on horizon: experts
REGINA—The integrity of Canada’s medicare system is being challenged on several clear and pressing fronts, say leading experts gathering for a two-day conference to fix Medicare. Queue-jumping, extra-billing, two-tier U.S.-style…
Education funding gap hurting students at risk—study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO—Ontario’s at-risk students are slipping through the cracks in the $1.2 billion funding gap caused by the province’s education funding formula, says a…
N.S. finances in good shape; social debt in need of payment
Trying to make sense of Nova Scotia’s finances isn’t getting any easier. The timing of the provincial budget so soon after the federal budget ensures it will be difficult to…
Costs and benefits of Commonwealth Games were not assessed: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX— Halifax’s Commonwealth Games bid did not properly assess the potential costs and benefits of hosting the games, says a study released today…
What’s missing from the “housing” budget?
The housing. BC Budget 2007 is a “housing budget” that does not build much housing. The budget commits to a mere 250 new social housing units over two years –…
First Nations forestry accords are not creating a partnership of equals
Six years ago, anyone who said that the provincial Liberals would try to forge a “new relationship” with First Nations would have been laughed out of the room. Yet that…
Of fat cats and men
We need to re-examine how we value work Many Canadians woke up on Jan. 2 to the sobering news that by the time they’d had their morning coffee and settled…
Aggressive measures needed to control drug spending: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Canada’s current system of controlling drug prices helps contain spending but more aggressive measures are needed, says a new study released today by the Canadian…
December 2006: Global Warming, Global Wording
Most government “action” on climate change just rhetoric There is historical precedent for re-naming the purported Clean Air Act devised by the federal Conservative government. It should be called the…
December 2006: Facing Some Hard Truths
Progressives need to relearn how they “frame” their message The first time you come across them, it doesn’t seem to make any sense. They could be family members, co-workers, neighbours,…
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