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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: 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…
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,…
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: 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…
May 2004: Iraqis Getting a Raw Deal on Debt
Iraq’s huge odious debts must be eliminated, not merely “rescheduled” During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last January, Prime Minister…
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…
BC’s Budget 2004 fails Olympic test
Tuesday’s budget speech and the recent Speech from the Throne were full of references to the Spirit of 2010. But rather than…
February 2004: Poisoning the Environment — Free
Polluters are supposed to pay clean-up costs–but they don’t What is remarkable about the latest environmental law decision from the Supreme Court…
December 2003: The Vanishing Country (Part II of III)
Personal incomes rise much more slowly in free trade years The noted Canadian economist Pierre Fortin tells us that, “during the 1990s,…
BC’s incredible shrinking Environment Minister
Joyce Murray — BC’s Minister of the “Environment” (formally Water, Land and Air Protection) — does not seem to wield a whole…