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Fast Facts: It’s Budget Time Again
A glimmer of hope and a healthy dose of skepticism On April 17th Minister Stan Struthers will release details of how the…
Inequalities, Trade Unions and Virtuous Circles
The Scandanavian Example In a recent posting on this site – “Thinking Alternatives” we suggested that the Scandinavian countries – Denmark, Finland,…
When Is A Conservative Not A Conservative?
Today we learned that Rights and Democracy — an agency established by Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1988 to monitor human…
The Latin American Revolution (Part XII)
Uruguay makes great social gains under left-wing government Uruguay, a small South American nation located between Argentina and Brazil, has been carrying…
CLC Analysis of the 2012 Federal Budget
Budgets are all about choices. With unemployment and underemployment still at very high levels and a shrinking middle-class, the federal government could…
Completing the job started by Mike Harris
The crowning irony of Premier Dalton McGuinty’s ninth budget is that it completes the job of cutting government down to size started…
The Latin American Revolution (Part XI)
Latin American countries deepen integration, defy the U.S. On December 3-4, 2011, a historic meeting of all 33 Latin American and Caribbean…
Fast Facts: Bill C-10: The truth about consequences
On September 20, 2011, a few months after winning a majority election, Stephen Harper’s Justice Minister, Rob Nicholson, tabled Bill C-10, the…
The Weight of the One Percent
Environment hurt more by super-rich than population growth Last October, two things happened that captured media attention. One was the run-up to…
CCPA Review: Reducing Poverty Among the Single Non-Elderly Population of Manitoba
Download 313.04 KB “This report shows that the single non-elderly poor in Manitoba experience the greatest depth of poverty yet receive the…
New Generation of Thinkers Link Inequality, Innovation and Prosperity
This guest blog was written by Mike Marin and Anouk Dey. It originally appeared in the Toronto Star on February 24. The…
Winnipeg City Council Misses the Bus – Again
Council’s recent decision to increase bus fare by a total of 25 cents by June 2012 adds to a growing list of…