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Climate change: Joe Oliver deems fears “exaggerated”
Federal Natural Resource minister Joe Oliver stopped by Montréal on 11 April to promote tar sands and closed the door to any…
Tall Tales at Tax Time: Meet Thomas and Colleen
There is a nice little story tucked in to the pages of Canada’s Economic Action Plan 2013. It’s a sweet tale of…
Gender gap leaves Canadian women “leaning in” for the next 228 years: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Without a change in public policy, Canada’s gender gap won’t go away anytime soon, says…
Seniors Fact Sheet: Housing
<Click here to download this fact sheet (PDF)> Affordable Housing Options for Seniors Living in BC Introduction BC’s provincial government has said…
Are Canadian investors headed for a carbon cliff?
An oped based on my and Brock Ellis’ recent report, Canada’s Carbon Liabilities, was published in iPolitics (alas, behind a pay wall): Canada’s economic development…
L’acquisition des navires de patrouille extracôtiers / de l’Arctique comporte une erreur digne du Titanic, selon un rapport d’expert
OTTAWA – L’Institut Rideau et le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives publient un nouveau rapport sur le projet du gouvernement canadien de…
Procurement of Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships contains Titanic blunder, report finds
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – A new report examining the government’s plans to build Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships has just been…
L’acquisition des navires de patrouille extracôtiers / de l’Arctique comporte une erreur digne du Titanic, selon un rapport d’expert
OTTAWA – L’Institut Rideau et le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives publient un nouveau rapport sur le projet du gouvernement canadien de…
Titanic Blunder
Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships on Course for Disaster Download 2.01 MB50 pages This report demonstrates that the federal government is headed for a…
Federal spending cuts disproportionately focused on services: analysis
28,700 federal public service jobs to be cut by 2016 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Despite assurances by the federal…
Climate justice and BC’s political moment
The following is based on a talk at the Bring Your Boomers election forum on April 3 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, the…
The Weapons Makers On Display
Canada’s war industries flog their wares at big arms bazaar The glittering opulence and sheer pageantry of the Middle East’s largest arms…