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Canada should invoke powerful NAFTA provision
Canadian policy-makers and pundits are predictably outraged by the United States’ refusal to abide by the final NAFTA appeal ruling in favour…
Let’s make day care a great place to learn
CANADIANS ARE increasingly aware of how important the early years are to the development of children. We know that children’s future educational…
July 2005: The Best Health Care Money Can Buy?
Supreme Court ruling pushes Medicare to brink of two-tier abyss The Supreme Court’s recent decision favouring private health insurance didn’t sound the…
Supreme Court health ruling oblivious to trade treaty threats
Dr. Jacques Chaoulli, the Quebec physician whose complaint led the Supreme Court to strike down Quebec’s ban on private health insurance, celebrated…
Is globalization losing momentum?
Canadians have been told for years by politicians and business leaders that we have no choice but to adjust to the dictates…
June 2005: Where the Maple Leaf Wins No Respect
Canadian mining operations tarnish our image in developing nations As I prepare for a trip to Europe, I am relieved to know…
Nova Scotians subsidizing minimum wage employers: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX: Nova Scotia has not had a real minimum wage increase in more than 20…
May 2005: The U.S. in the New Economic World Order
U.S. can’t keep relying on other countries to pay for its imperial excesses Empires collapse usually due to a combination of military…
May 2005: Canadian Workers’ Rights Assaulted
Collective bargaining more an illusion than a right Based on the premise that labour rights are human rights, Canadians have seen a…
New CCPA report makes the case against more corporate tax cuts
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Despite outraged business and media reaction to the NDP’s demand for rescinding a new round…
April 2005: NAFTA Could Double Ontarians’ Electricity Bills
Ontario gov’t hiding electricity privatization’s ill-effects When the Ontario government passed electricity restructuring legislation at the end of last year, it was…
April 2005: No News is Bad News
Does it do any good to complain about mass media failings? Journalism was always the career I wanted, almost from the time…