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BC Government should not cave in to private clinics
It hasn’t been often that we at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives have found occasion to applaud the BC government for…
December 2003: The Vanishing Country (Part II of III)
Personal incomes rise much more slowly in free trade years The noted Canadian economist Pierre Fortin tells us that, “during the 1990s,…
BC’s incredible shrinking Environment Minister
Joyce Murray — BC’s Minister of the “Environment” (formally Water, Land and Air Protection) — does not seem to wield a whole…
December 2003: LIberal or Neoliberal?
What can we expect from P.M. Martin? Read his budget speeches Paul Martin began his budget speech on February 27, 1995, with…
October 2003: Canadian Mining Companies Set to Destroy Ghana’s Forest Reserves
Under pressure from Canadian and U.S. mining companies, the Ghanaian government seems ready to pass legislation in June 2003 which will open…
Canada’s newspapers get failing grade for coverage of new prescription drugs
It’s hard to miss the explosion of media stories regarding miraculous new pharmaceuticals. But given that medicine can both help and harm,…
Extended patent protection
Who benefits? CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–The issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for pharmaceuticals has returned to the…
From deep integration to reclaiming sovereignty
Managing Canada-U.S. economic relations under NAFTA For some months now, business leaders and other free trade proponents have been beating the drums…
May 2003: West Paupans Oppressed by U.S. Multinational
An interview with John Rumbiak John Rumbiak is a supervisor for West Papua Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy (ELSHAM) based…
Time to rethink BC’s budget plan
Tuesday is BC Budget day. As the province stares down the largest deficit in its history, and braces for two more years…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2003
Bringing light to the system: Toronto’s Dissident trustees take on the Province On August 27th, 2001 four women, trustees on the TDSB…
The public interest in a maze
Canada, patents, and the Harvard Mouse Look up “patent” in your dictionary and you’ll find “plain and evident” among its definitions. But…