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28 years of waiting for safer construction sites
Anniversary of Bentall Tower deaths highlights need for worker involvement in safety management Twenty-eight years ago today, four construction workers plunged to…
Call for better construction worker safety in study released on 28th anniversary of tragic Bentall Tower IV accident
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – On the 28th anniversary of the deaths of four construction workers on the Bentall Tower…
Federal deficits could be much larger than anticipated, says Alternative Federal Budget
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA — While it is now generally acknowledged that the federal government is headed for…
November 2008: The Worst Time For the Worst Government
Canadians need a rebuilt welfare state, not a broken one Ralph Nader, the famous American consumer advocate and perennial presidential candidate, writing…
November 2008: Dark Days
How four Canadians were tortured in the “fight on terror” Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of…
October 2008: Prescription for Trouble
Government’s links to Big Pharma threat to public health Does anyone remember that the Conservative party, just four years ago, promised to…
October 2008: Health Canada and Drug Safety
More people exposed to unsafe drugs before withdrawal Evaluating the safety of prescription drugs prior to approval and monitoring their safety once…
Septmeber 2008: Tips for consultants
Here’s how to fool most of the people most of the time With an alarmed public increasingly holding government and industry to…
September 2008: The WTO Doha Round Breakdown
Developing nations are blamed, but they blame the U.S. The World Trade Organization’s meeting in Geneva in July, as it opened, was…
September 2008: The Decline of Collectivity
Triumph of individualism a defeat for society as a whole A few years ago, former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed astonished us by…
Selling out the public interest on Vancouver Island forestlands
Since the heady days of the Clayoquot Sound logging blockades, few issues on Vancouver Island have triggered such public outrage as the…
BC’s minimum wage should not be a poverty wage
Labour and social justice groups in BC have long urged the provincial government to increase the minimum wage to a level that…