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Think tank calls on feds to scrap spending cut plans
Alternative Budget promotes a budget for the rest of us CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy…
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…
Undermining Canada’s Retirement Income System
It’s simply untrue Old Age Security is no longer sustainable Old Age Security is the basic building block of Canada’s retirement income…
Québec Students Strike Over Tuition-Fee Hikes
This morning, there are more than 65 000 students on strike in Québec. University students, but also college-level students, are walking out…
A Tale of Two Austerity Hardliners
Conservative soul mates, Stephen Harper and British Prime Minister David Cameron, were in Davos, Switzerland a month ago lecturing Eurozone leaders on…
Drummond, Deconstructed
In the Commission report that bears his name, and in all of his media appearances since its release, Banker Don Drummond has…
Slow and easy will win energy race
It is hard not to detect a note of desperation in the provincial government’s recently unveiled natural gas strategy. In announcing it,…
Federal spending cuts will cost more than 60,000 jobs: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Federal cutbacks announced in the 2010 and 2011 budgets will result in more than 60,000…
Activity Based Funding won’t solve waitlists and overcrowding in hospitals, creates barriers to needed reforms: Study
READ THe REPORT summary HERE. VANCOUVER–As Canada’s premiers meet in Victoria to discuss different approaches to health system reform, a new study…
Fast Facts: How NOT to plan a city
Two issues of concern have recently arisen at City Hall – the twenty-cent transit fare hike — just passed by council —…
Inequality and Climate Injustice: A Durban Post-Mortem
The United Nations climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, ended 2011 with a whimper. After a year in which climate disasters…
Rising Inequality, Declining Democracy
The “Occupy Canada” movement (with a little help from CCPA research) has raised public awareness of the unprecedented growth in income inequality…