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An Antidote to Ignorance
Eugene Forsey debunks some Canada’s Parliament now appears to have returned to its pathetic “business-as-usual” mode in the aftermath of the inexcusable…
The time is now for a legislated poverty reduction plan
200 community organizations & leaders to BC political parties CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT On February 5, the CCPA’s BC…
End subsidies to biofuel industry, think tank urges
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Canada’s federal and provincial governments should end their subsidies to the biofuel industry, says a…
Real Change? Or Business as Usual?
New “New Deal” is unlikely to come from Obama presidency When the U.S. Treasury last October lavished $700 billion on Wall Street…
Path of Destruction
Canadian mining companies on rampage around the world Canada is the world’s leading mining nation. Sixty per cent of all public mining…
An Open Letter to Margaret Wente
We need to think more analytically about harm reduction This is an updated form of a letter I sent to Globe &…
Le véritable enjeu des garderies
Un tout nouveau rapport de l’UNICEF véhicule des renseignements importants pour les Manitobains et Manitobaines. Cette information devrait susciter des mesures immédiates.…
Fast Facts: Racisme policier
Depuis le tout premier jour de l’enquête sur le décès de Matthew Dumas, atteint d’une balle tirée par un policier de Winnipeg,…
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…
Poverty reduction commitment needed from all BC political parties
Concrete plan more important than ever in economic downturn: report READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER–As the provincial election draws closer, a…
We all pay for poverty
BC needs a plan British Columbians are distressed by poverty and growing homelessness in our midst, but too often we feel resigned…