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Manitoba Office

Energy policy

Environment and sustainability

Fast Facts: Cold winter a sign of climate change
Some winter we’re having, eh? This winter has been cold, no doubt about it. It is probably the coldest we’ve seen in…
March 18, 2014
Manitoba Office

Labour Matters

Economy and economic indicators

Indigenous issues

Work Life: A Province with No Poverty?
The so-called war on poverty has been an abysmal failure. Poverty rates in Canada remain at stubbornly high levels. Most provinces, including…
February 28, 2014
BC Office

Climate Justice Project

Environment and sustainability

LNG’s threat to water sustainability
One glaring problem with the provincial government’s strategy to turn British Columbia into a liquefied natural gas exporting juggernaut is that it…
February 27, 2014
Manitoba Office

Inequality and poverty

Fast Facts: Community Development Manitoba – style
For fashion trends the world looks to Milan; Copenhagen has become synonymous with urban planning; but for community development, Manitoba is increasingly…
February 5, 2014
National Office

Environment and sustainability

Gender equality

The Patriarchal Illusion of Control
Ruinous drive for power and control primarily masculine The poster publicizing David Suzuki’s 1985 television series A Planet for the Taking stated:…
February 1, 2014
National Office

Employment and labour

Human rights

Bangladeshis Victims of Corporate Exploitation
Western companies responsible for deaths of garment workers In April 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 garment…
February 1, 2014
National Office

Corporations and corporate power

Cui Bono?
Who benefits from government actions? Our corporate rulers Lucius Cassius, a consul whom the people of ancient Rome revered as a wise…
February 1, 2014
Manitoba Office

Children and youth

Inequality and poverty

Fast Facts: Teenaged photojournalists document the inner city
Sixteen youth from North and West End Winnipeg were given an important assignment: tell the stories of their neighbourhoods to the rest…
December 9, 2013
National Office

Employment and labour

Book Review: From Demonized to Organized
CCPA book on labour explores building a new union movement Nora Loreto’s new book, From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union…
December 1, 2013
National Office

Environment and sustainability

A Loud Wake-Up Call
Global carbon report is a strong reality check for Canada The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should…
December 1, 2013
Nova Scotia Office

Trade and Investment Research Project

International trade and investment, deep integration

Beware trade-deal trade-offs for Nova Scotia
The federal Standing Committee on International Trade will be in Halifax next week to hold hearings on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and…
November 25, 2013
Manitoba Office

Education

Indigenous issues

Inequality and poverty

Fast Facts: Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating…
November 20, 2013