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June 2007: The Wrong “Solution” To Pollution
Nuclear power won’t clean up the Alberta tar sands The very biggest environmental issue in Canada is the Alberta oil sands project. Though only partially…
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…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring / Summer 2007, Volume 10, Number 2 Download 935.02 KB8 pages Inside this issue: Time to Raise BC’s Minimum Wage BC Hydro Deals Mean…
Sticker Shock
The Impending Cost of BC Hydro’s Shift to Private Power Developers
March 2007: The Folly of Deregulation
Cost of losing control of our electricity is enormous Many people were recently outraged when the Auditor-General told us about the money and perks bestowed…
February 2007: B.C. Can’t Afford To Burn Coal
Coal-fired power not nearly as cheap as it’s purported to be Controversy has erupted in British Columbia over the Campbell government’s claim that the province…
December 2006: Calling Premier McGuinty
Where will all of Ontario’s nuclear waste be stored? Ontarians will go to the polls next October to elect their provincial government. If last September’s…
Selling the Family Silver
Oil and Gas Royalties, Corporate Profits, and the Disregarded Public Download 668.53 KB74 pages
Canada-first energy strategy needed
On March 8, Premier Ralph Klein made a remarkable and admirable pledge. “If we see oil drying up and we see the Alberta supply being…
October 2006: Not What Ontarians Voted For
McGuinty’s electricity privatization deal is shocking Imagine you are buying a new house that is so expensive your kids will get stuck with paying off…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2006, Volume 9, Number 3 Download 1.43 MB Inside this issue: Private Power Developers and the BC Government’s Water Licence Giveaway BC’s Coastal Forest…
The Town That Lost Its Name
The Impact of Hydroelectric Development in Grand Rapids, Manitoba Download 4.27 MB24 pages
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