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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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CFIB spokesperson blames downloading for muni cost increases
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) published a report this week talking about the alarming rate of increase in municipal spending and blaming it…
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Phony numbers, screaming headline
An enormous error in a report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) led to a screaming headline in Wednesday’s Vancouver Sun suggesting spending…
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Keeping democracy alive: Engaging in political process between elections
Last week, Seth Klein reflected on some lessons from the 2013 BC election. Among the many important lessons he noted was the fact that “we…
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Ten suggestions to lead a better life without growth (part 1)
Two weeks ago the degrowth research group Collectif de recherche interuniversitaire et transdisciplinaire sur les impasses de la croissance (CRITIC) held its first colloquium, entitled “How…
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Ten suggestions to lead a better life without growth (part 2)
In our previous blog post, we took a look at 5 proposals from a feature entitled “A better life without growth” in the French magazine Alternatives…
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Investor alert: TSX over-valued due to a “carbon bubble”
Canada’s economic development model is on a collision course with the urgent need for global climate action. Worldwide, extreme weather events from drought to floods…
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Lessons from the 2013 BC Election: What’s a progressive research institute to do?
As I write, it has been just a few days since the provincial election. As was the case for most of you, the result was…
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Big Numbers – Big Lies
The election results were disheartening; it was, as many have commented, a victory of style over substance. Hope for something unachievable (a debt free B.C.…
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Any jokes in it? Cultural exception and state funding for the film industry
France and Québec have sealed alliances in the past to defend the principle of cultural exception. It essentially aims at limiting the effects of globalization…
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New Mining Royalties: Much ado about nothing
On Monday, the Parti québécois government announced a new mining royalty regime. Its hybrid proposal combines aspects from two types of royalty systems: profit based…
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On the Abuse of Language: “Modernizing” Labour Relations
The government of Saskatchewan is currently undertaking a controversial overhaul of the province’s labour legislation into the mammoth omnibus Bill 85. But those that might…
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