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November 2008: Inequality Spawns Sickness
Excerpts from Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 2nd edition
November 2008: Dark Days
How four Canadians were tortured in the “fight on terror” Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror, by…
BC Priorities in the face of an economic downturn
Gordon Campbell’s recent 10-point economic plan will have no impact on BC’s most serious problem – persistent and extreme poverty. BC has the highest poverty…
November 2008: Help the Poor To Help the Nation
Poverty reduction is the best cure for an ailing economy Canadians are looking to their federal and provincial governments to protect them from the repercussions…
Is BC’s Carbon Tax Fair?
An Impact Analysis for Different Income Levels Download 740.55 KB29 pages
Majority want leadership on poverty: Poll
TORONTO – The majority of Canadians believe Canada should try to distinguish itself in the world as a country where no one lives in poverty,…
Ready For Leadership
Canadians’ perceptions of poverty Download 515.84 KB 25 pages
Growing income gap a warning to leaders
OECD report shows rift in Canada increasing at quick rate The internationally respected Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development threw out a warning flag to…
October 2008: Horrendous Health and Environmental Toll
Downstream from the tar sands, people are sick, dying There’s deformed pickerel in Lake Athabasca… Pushed-in faces, bulging eyes, humped back, crooked tails… never used…
October 2008: Poverty Amidst Plenty
Why isn’t inequality a key issue in the latest election? This column is being written in the middle of a federal election campaign, the outcome…
Corporate social responsibility means paying a living wage
Making paid work meet basic family needs Families who work for low wages often face impossible choices: buy clothes or heat the house, feed the…
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