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Follow the money, or risk squandering billions of public dollars on for-private health care–report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–If health-care activists don’t scrutinize where the recently announced over $41 billion in health-care spending…
New formula and multi-year financial commitment required to address Ontario’s education funding gap–report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO–While the commitments to education announced by the McGuinty government represent a real improvement over…
Running on Empty
BC’s energy policy will leave us stranded To get a picture of how British Columbia uses energy, imagine the province as a…
September 2004: Filling Our Tanks (And Brains) With The Wrong Fuel
Lament for an election in which the crucial issue was ignored Anyone who has recently bought or leased a new car in…
September 2004: A New “Social Architecture” For Canada?
Planned redesign of social programs could spur privatization Policy-makers are quietly and stealthily planning to redesign Canada’s social programs—or, in the jargon…
September 2004: All Debt Is Not Made Equal
Economics 101: Public debt is good, foreign investment bad Read the financial pages of our corporate press, or listen to your average…
Trade treaty ‘chill’: New Brunswick abandons public auto insurance in face of trade treaty threats
OTTAWA–A study released today concludes that the New Brunswick government should have proceeded with public auto insurance, despite threats from the foreign…
Putting Economic Policy Back on the Election Table
In the 2004 election, economic issues have not been front and centre. Accountability, rights issues and health care have dominated the stage,…
Canada should resist the “big push” for deeper integration with the US
With Prime Minister Paul Martin about to make a major trip to Washington, many influential business leaders and prominent think-tanks are offering…
June 2004: The Indymedia Phenomenon
The revolution won’t be televised, but it might be uploaded Wih the rise of “networked” society, we have seen the emergence of…
May 2004: The Commission for Environmental Cooperation
NAFTA’s environmental watchdog might actually work–if given the chance Public participation, transparency, and protecting the environment are terms not usually associated with…
May 2004: Well-Being Measurement — The Next Step
The time is ripe for a Canadian Genuine Progress Index (GPI) Last June, the key directive from the Canada Well-Being Measurement Act…