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Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2018
A Budget For the People Download 656.44 KB30 pages The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2018 is a blueprint of a budget for the people. The report…
Letter in response to the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Review
Download 643.19 KB21 pages This letter was submitted to the BC Ministry of Cititzens’ Services in response to their 2018 consultation on FOI reform. *This…
The best candidate for the job? Some real talk about the meritocracy
Ottawa City Councillor Diane Deans recently proposed the creation of a women’s bureau to support greater engagement of women in city politics.
Below the Fold: The ghost investor
It’s hardly surprising, given the size and market power of today’s internet giants, that questions about their impacts on public life and governance are rising…
Work Life : Today’s coders, tomorrow’s precariat?
Despite being better educated than previous generations, there are fewer decent jobs for younger workers, even after they have paid their dues working entry-level jobs…
The Monitor, March/April 2018
Cannabis Capitalism Download 5.2 MB Canada is only months away from legalizing and regulating the production, sale and use of cannabis for medicinal and recreational…
“Here We’re At Home”
The WestEnd Commons Model of Subsidized Housing with Supports Download 2.2 MB 44 pages In the context of a severe housing shortage facing low-income renters…
Some baby steps for dad and big steps forward for women
The government promised us a budget guided by gender analysis this year, and they delivered: on pay equity, on supports for women entrepreneurs and, in…
Important steps taken but Budget 2018 keeps Canadians waiting for the big investments required to build an inclusive economy
OTTAWA—Today’s federal budget takes positive steps forward on gender equality and science funding but the bold policy moves that will make a real difference for…
Paternity Leave: An Idea Whose Time has Come
More than 80% of men in Quebec take leave after their child is born. On average they take 5 weeks. In the rest of Canada,…
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