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Stagnant economy may mean more cuts to come
The federal government released its annual fall update on the country’s finances today. Despite the upbeat messaging around the “Update of Economic and Fiscal…
The Attack on Organics
Anti-organics study funded by Cargill and other corporations Food issues have been much in the news recently, but I want to focus…
The Limits of Demography
Here is a piece I wrote for today’s Globe Economy Lab re the Department of Finance report on the costs of an aging society.…
Tax Increment Financing and Social Enterprise
Promoting Equitable Community Revitalization in Winnipeg Currently, Manitoba is one of only two provinces in Canada that utilizes Tax Increment Financing (TIF)…
The Oil Industry’s Dilbit Cover-Up
Tar sands bitumen spills harder and costlier to clean up It’s amazing to watch the lengths to which Enbridge and the oil…
CETA’s Harmful Constraints on Ontario
Trade deal with Europe threatens many costly ill-effects The governments of Canada and the European Union (EU) are in the final stages…
Homelessness-Moving toward real solutions
This week, as we think about homelessness in our communities, let us commit ourselves to solutions. Real solutions. Beyond the spontaneous generosity…
Three Cheers for the Fraser Institute!
At times, the Fraser Institute produces such helpful material. I hope they make their well-heeled funders, such as the multi billionaire Koch brothers,…
Capitalism is the Crisis (Part II)
Corruption, corporate power, inequality must all be curbed India’s poor rural majority has benefited little from the country’s economic boom, and in…
Arctic mega mining — a better future for Baffin Island?
A huge iron ore development at Mary River on northern Baffin Island is about to change an ancient landscape. Baffinland Mary River…
BC’s focus on liquefied natural gas makes no sense for climate or economy
In 2009, British Gas, a leader in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade, submitted a voluminous environmental assessment report for a…
800,000 Years
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) held its 35th session recently in Geneva, on the northern shore of Lac Leman. Across…