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Modi and the criminalization of Indian politics
The election of Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister in May, with strong backing from the country’s capitalist class, placed a mass…
Ten areas of regulatory failure that contributed, directly or indirectly, to the Lac-Mégantic disaster
My report, Willful Blindness?, released today, summarizes the regulatory failures behind the Lac-Mégantic tragedy. The federal government has so far not acknowledged…
New report chronicles regulatory failures behind Lac-Mégantic
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—In advance of tomorrow’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) final report into why a train loaded…
Is it time for a Canadian “daddy month”?
What makes for happy families? It turns out parents and policy makers could learn a lesson or two from their kids. Lesson…
Piqued by Piketty
It seems rather clear that the main theories in French economist Thomas Piketty’s best-seller Capital in the Twenty-First Century are irritating a number of…
July 1st: Tenants Have No Reason To Celebrate
Each year, Canada Day coincides with Moving Day in Quebec. For the luckiest in the lot, the celebrations include heat and sweat,…
For the Sixth Year in a Row, Students are Struggling to Find Summer Jobs.
There is something great about summer in Canada; it’s hot but also full of promise with places to visit, camping, travelling, cottaging,…
Navigating Canada’s complex terrain of student financial assistance
OTTAWA—Student aid systems in Canada are intricate, elaborate, and, in many cases, thoroughly unmanageable, says a study released today by the Canadian…
Financial Risk and Alberta’s Tar Sands
When it comes to global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change notes that what matters is the total volume of greenhouse…
Temporary Foreign Worker Program changes – who do they help?
The Conservative Government’s Minister of Employment and Social Development, Jason Kenney, announced on June 20th 2014 a raft of changes to the federal…
Beer Bottles to Books
Remaking Merchants Corner Young North End activists hailed it as the latest example of “North End Rising.” That was the response when…
Why You Should Care About Austerity
Québec’s government has radically reduced its spending growth because it has decided that we need to tighten our belts collectively. Since spending growth…