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Nearly 200 arrests and counting
Image: Rogue Collective (Flickr Creative Commons) The build started with a single West Coast cedar tree. In the early hours of March…
Five things to know about the 2018 Alberta Budget
Alberta’s 2018 budget was tabled on March 22, 2018. The official name of this year’s budget is Budget 2018: A Recovery Built to…
Homelessness and employment: The case of Calgary
On March 8, I gave a guest presentation to students in Professor Naomi Lightman’s Sociology of Work class at the University of Calgary.…
Subsidized Housing With Supports Needs More Support
Lessons from WestEnd Commons Stable and affordable housing is a central component in improving people’s quality of life. In light of a…
Fast Facts: Should Manitobans trust nuclear burial plans?
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 23, 2018 There was a time when a plan to bury highly radioactive materials…
Model Sites for Rural Midwifery in Nova Scotia: Built to Fail?
On Monday morning, there is a rally planned to try and save the South Shore Community Midwives, one of Nova Scotia’s rural…
Suppressed report shows hundreds of BC’s fracked gas wells may leak methane, underscores need for public inquiry
VANCOUVER—BC’s Oil and Gas Commission withheld a report from the public for four years showing that 900 gas wells could be leaking…
Study reveals highest and lowest child care fees in Canadian cities in 2017
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) updates the…
Long overdue: Taking a closer look at university library funding
As we continue to dig into university and college finances in Ontario, what becomes apparent is not only the change in revenue…
Missing the Mark: Federal midterm report card
Download 11.72 MB 23 pages This report card reviews the federal government’s progress in 16 key policy areas at the halfway mark…
BC needs a full public inquiry into fracking
Last year, more natural gas was produced in British Columbia than at any point in the past 10 years. That may come…
Exercising Choice in Long-Term Residential Care
Download 851.23 KB 128 pages “Our research indicates that strategies intended to support choices for long-term care residents must be based on the…