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A carbon tax comes to Alberta
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BC Commentary: A review of provincial social, economic and environmental trends
Spring 2016, Volume 19, Number 2 Download 1.39 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Time to do away with MSP, by Iglika Ivanova Yes, let’s lower…
Does the Liberal budget follow through on environmental promises?
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Rising hydro bills pushing mills to burn fossil fuel
Premier Christy Clark’s vow to push work at the $9-billion Site C dam “past the point of no return” may be music to the ears…
alt.policy (Short 3)
Premiers’ climate talks + divestment Following the Paris climate summit last year — and an ambitious 1.5 degree target to limit global warming — the…
Reducing poverty and carbon emissions: lessons from Manitoba
I often get asked about alternatives to our fossil-fuelled status quo. In recent years, there have been many new projects that point to the way forward,…
Work Life: Reversing the Damage
How the Federal Liberals can restore hope on the prairies By 2013 the Conservative government had cut overall federal taxes and other revenues to the…
Reversing the Damage
How the Federal Liberals Can Restore Hope on the Prairies Download 2.19 MB14 pages If not reversed by the new government, significant spending cuts brought…
Fast Facts: Uber is not the answer to Winnipeg’s transport woes
Ride-sharing service Uber wants into the Winnipeg taxi market. Looking past the marketing facade, Uber isn’t innovative or inevitable. Uber is in fact de-regulation of…
Site C: Too risky to rely on one river system for BC’s hydro needs
In the face of a prolonged drought, water levels at Lake Mead, the giant hydroelectric reservoir that straddles the Nevada and Arizona borders, are lower…
BC Commentary: A review of provincial social, economic and environmental trends
Winter 2016, Volume 19, Number 1 Download 1.68 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Why corporate power is a problem at the climate crossroads, by Shannon…
How Government Support for Social Enterprise can Reduce Poverty and Greenhouse Gases
Download 773.12 KB24 pages A new Errol Black Chair paper explains how a combination of governmental policies and initiatives in Manitoba allows social enterprises to…
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