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Regarding Progress Energy’s exemption applications regarding its Lily and Town dams
Submission to BC’s Environmental Assessment Office Download 232.03 KB7 pages Resource Policy Analyst Ben Parfitt sent this letter to BC’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) in…
Consumer rights and responsibilities in the age of climate change and big data
I’ll be attending the Consumers 150 conference in Ottawa this week, which is co-organized by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Option consommateurs, Consumers Council of…
Canada’s 1% still flying high
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Which tax, what middle class? Debunking the income splitting debate.
When MPs head back to the Hill next week, we can expect an already heated debate about tax fairness to go up a few more…
7 things the Census teaches us about income inequality
It has been years since Statistics Canada has been able to release Census data on income inequality in Canada but the numbers are out at…
Sense of the Census: Income, wage gaps, and poverty
New Census numbers released this week show that overall incomes have risen in the past ten years in Canada. This is excellent news. Economic growth…
Addressing challenges facing British Columbians a strong start in new government’s first budget update
VICTORIA–BC’s new government has made a strong start in addressing crucial issues for British Columbians in its first budget update, which is a welcome change…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
September 2017 Download 2.79 MB12 pages In this issue: New political terrain, new possibilities, and new challenges CCPA-BC’s 20th Anniversary Gala with Senator Murray Sinclair…
The Monitor, September/October 2017
Sanctuary Cities Download 8.28 MB The Trudeau government has shone internationally on a progressive message of tolerance, openness, diversity and inclusive, sustainable economic growth. It…
Half of Ontario families losing ground: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – Ontario is becoming more polarized as the bottom half of Ontario families see their share of…
Losing Ground
Income Inequality in Ontario, 2000–15 Download 820.5 KB32 pages This paper examines 15 years of income inequality for families raising children in Ontario (2000 to…
Budget 2018: Time to lean in gentlemen
It’s that exciting time of year when economists wake from their summer slumber and start making submissions to the federal Finance Committee about what they’d…
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