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Tory cuts ensure “basic needs” hard to meet for Ontario’s most vulnerable
Study READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO–Eight years after the Harris-Eves government cuts to Ontario’s welfare system, Ontario’s poorest are finding it nearly impossible to…
May is child care month, but BC has nothing to celebrate
After years on the back pages, child care is once again on the agenda. The federal government is talking about a national child care plan…
May 2003: West Paupans Oppressed by U.S. Multinational
An interview with John Rumbiak John Rumbiak is a supervisor for West Papua Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy (ELSHAM) based in Jayapura, the…
Drugs in the News
How Well Do Canadian Newspapers Report the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of New Prescription Drugs? Download 574.86 KB42 pages Attachments A Journalist’s Guide…
Newspapers highlight benefits of new drugs, ignore risks
(Vancouver) The information Canadians get on new prescription drugs from a major and trusted source of information—daily newspapers—is incomplete and may promote unrealistic expectations about…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2003, Volume 6, Number 2 Download 146.26 KB4 pages Inside this issue: A Bad Time to be Poor May is Child Care Month, but…
Give us shelter!
Ontario housing policies de-house 345,000 Ontarians TORONTO–Government housing policies are de-housing low-income, moderate and even middle-income renter households instead of giving them access to good…
State of the Crisis, 2003
Ontario Housing Policies are De-housing Ontarians Download 447.35 KB14 pages
UN singles out BC Government on women’s rights
BC is not meeting its obligations to women under international human rights law. That was the clear message of the United Nations Committee on the…
Low income earners in Nova Scotia need a raise
It’s time for Nova Scotians working for the minimum wage to get a big raise. A substantial increase in the wage will go some way…
February 2003: Nigeria’s Corporate Killers
Multinational oil companies operating in Nigeria are complicit in human rights violations according to a recent report released by Human Rights Watch. The report titled…
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