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A Loud Wake-Up Call
Global carbon report is a strong reality check for Canada The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should…
Beware trade-deal trade-offs for Nova Scotia
The federal Standing Committee on International Trade will be in Halifax next week to hold hearings on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and…
Fast Facts: Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating…
Corporate Power, Government Subservience
Most people want corporate power curbed — governments don’t Several years ago, an Ipsos Global Public Affairs poll disclosed that a large…
Massive Secret Surveillance in Canada
Canadian government spies on Brazil — and its own citizens In the September issue of the CCPA Monitor, I reported on the…
L’AECG mènera à une hausse du coût des médicaments
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Ottawa—L’Accord économique et commercial global entre le Canada et l’Union européenne (AECG) mènera à une…
Ten questions about the CETA
After weeks of rumours, it’s now official: the CETA talks have produced an “agreement-in-principle”. This proposed treaty is about far more than…
Fast Facts: The Education Property Tax Rebate
Do we seniors really need it? This commentary was also published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Oct 17, 2013. The opposition’s…
Will LNG development blow BC’s carbon budget?
Last week’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reaffirmed the scientific consensus that global warming is happening and is primarily…
Work Life: Workplace Safety a motherhood issue? Not yet.
In Manitoba, messages about the importance of workplace health and safety are hard to miss. The SAFE Work campaigns run year-round by…
Pipe Dreams
Energy East pipeline is for export, not Atlantic Canadians On a recent trip to an oil refinery in Saint John, Prime Minister…
Corporate Child Abuse
Profit-driven system exploits, mistreats vulnerable youth “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul,” Nelson Mandela says, “than the way…