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Time to rethink the approval process for fossil fuel industry developments in BC’s northeast
When the provincial government created the Oil and Gas Commission in 1998, it did much more than open a “one stop shop” for speedy oil…
How to regulate the rise of short-term rental platforms like Airbnb?
Download 179.17 KB13 pages Many Canadian cities are looking to regulate upstart online platform companies like Airbnb, which offer short-term rentals sometimes at the expense…
Fast Facts: Funding Community Strength in North Point Douglas
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 15, 2017, Inter-Agency effort to support inner-city women’s center It may seem unusual for an organization that…
Toronto plans to regulate Airbnb: does it go far enough?
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Fast Facts: The Pallister Government and the Path to Reconciliation Act
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Thursday June 8th. On Friday May 26, I attended an impromptu event organized by supporters of the North…
A $15 minimum wage in Ontario: a game changer
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Cut preferential tax treatment for the rich: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Preferential tax treatments such as tax exemptions, credits, and loopholes have become a cash cow for…
Il faut mettre un terme aux traitements fiscaux préférentiels, selon un rapport
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Selon un nouveau rapport du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), les traitements fiscaux préférentiels tels…
Preferential Treatment
The History and Cost of Tax Exemptions, Credits, and Loopholes in Canada Download 813.13 KB 42 pages Preferential tax treatments such as tax exemptions, credits,…
Fast Facts: Proposed legislation a sentence of poverty for low income workers
Working should be a route out of poverty, but for some, low wages are a poverty trap. The current minimum wage is inadequate as at…
Black lives matter—at settlement, Confederation and 150 years later
“I am standing in a place filled with monuments for the early explorers, pioneers, and heroic settlers. I cannot help but think that this memorialization…
Confederation and class struggle
After a long period of colonial subjugation, the 18th century witnessed the establishment of independent states in the Americas. Latin American revolutions and the fight…
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