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Why wheelchair fees are not ‘fair’ and what they say about the state of seniors care in BC
The recent announcement of a $25/month user fee for wheelchairs used by people in long-term care facilities in the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health regions…
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Get a grip indeed
One wonders if the Globe and Mail’s intrepid Victoria correspondent, Justine Hunter, appreciates the irony of her weekend dispatch on Energy Minister Bill Bennett’s ‘vow’ to…
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Is the housing crisis over? Not in the resource regions
In Québec, the coming of the new millennium coincided with a crisis in rental housing. From 2000 to 2003, each Canada Day, families ended up homeless,…
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Short BC throne speech neglects climate crisis, poverty
Everyone expected today’s throne speech to be a brief recap of Christy Clark’s election platform. And on this front, it certainly delivered: only 8 pages,…
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The Great Wall Ties Chairman Calvert’s Five-Year Plan
The CCPA has released my policy brief (PDF) on Saskatchewan employment growth. It generated front-page coverage in today’s Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post business sections as well as this snazzy online infographic.…
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Fast Facts: The Sherbrook Pool and the struggle for inner-city health and recreation
In November of last year, the City closed the Sherbrook Pool, leaving the community and its dedicated swimmers high and dry. The closure was the…
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Actually… appropriate funding is an important part of the solution
A recent editorial in the Globe and Mail (“Accountability, not lack of money, is the real problem on federal reserves”, June 19th 2013) misrepresents the…
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40% of Indigenous children in Canada live in poverty: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Indigenous children in Canada are over two and a half times more likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous children,…
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Is the Fraser Surrey Docks coal port proposal in the best interest of BC?
Today’s CBC Edition Business Panel focused on the proposal by Fraser Surrey Docks to build a new coal terminal on the Fraser river to export…
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Is Québec more corrupt than the rest of Canada?
My colleague Marie Léger-St-Jean recounted the drama of corruption in Québec in her last blog post. The classic characters took the stage one after the…
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The Sorrows of Wise Charbonneau: or, the need for a Canadian sequel
After a year of hearings, let’s stop and reflect on what we’ve learnt so far from the ongoing show on the Charbonneau Commission channel. Prologue…
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A Referendum on Referendums?
With the deadline for Regina’s wastewater privatization petition fast approaching and rumours of signatures gathered close to 19,000, the City of Regina is beginning to…
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