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Faith, Hope, and Spin
Canada’s preparedness for oil spill crisis sadly lacking For Canadians wondering about our preparedness for a major oil spill, an item in…
Moratorium Needed on Punishment Legislation
More crowded and costly prisons wrong way to deter crime Prior to the 2006 federal election campaign, where the Conservatives, Liberals and…
Canada’s Afghanistan intervention is a disastrous failure
Canada has been part of the evolving Afghanistan intervention in a variety of ways since it began in early October 2001, and…
Reflections on the Tamil migrants from the child of “queue-jumping” asylum seekers
If the 492 Tamil asylum-seekers who recently arrived by boat on BC’s shores are “queue-jumpers”, then I guess my parents were too.…
Recession, Recovery and Transformation: Revisiting the Role of Government
Couchiching Summer Conference 2010: Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity? Speech to the Couchiching 2010 Summer Conference Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity, a…
Solidarity should be common sense
A few months back, Jim Stanford – in a provocative article entitled “When in doubt, blame unions” – noticed a troubling trend.…
Statistics Canada’s Senseless Census Decision
Open letter to the Honourable Tony Clement, Ministry of Industry and Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada and Munir Sheikh, Chief Statistician, Statistics…
The “Unsustainability Myth”
Don’t believe claims Medicare is becoming unaffordable Total health care spending in Canada has been rising in recent years, taking larger shares…
Democratic Media Reform in Canada
Campaigns, coalitions aim to democratize media system Faced with a corporate-dominated mediascape and perceived editorial indifference or hostility, trade unions and other…
Canada’s Poverty Hole
New income data suggests troubling poverty trends are unfolding in Canada Every recession ushers in a rising tide of poverty. As jobless…
Fast Facts: Child welfare devolution in Manitoba
A bumpy but necessary road to justice For the past ten years Manitoba has been mapping unchartered territory in an effort to…
Fast Facts: Poor No More?
The long hard climb back to economic justice Imagine a Canada where we all have a roof over our heads, childcare for…