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OTTAWA--An effective "New Deal" for cities requires a coherent National Urban Strategy to reinforce and redirect current levels of federal involvement in community development and sustainability, according to a briefing paper released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
This report provides an overview of federal involvement in urban development from its inception as a "nation-building" exercise, and makes a number of recommendations to the federal government in order to help establish an “urban lens” for relevant federal program and policy activities.
Ottawa - Selon un tout récent rapport du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives, les entreprises multinationales de messageries s’en remettent aux négociations commerciales et à la procédure de règlement des différends de l’OMC pour obtenir une réforme postale que le Parlement et la population du Canada ont déjà rejetée.
At the just-finished annual meeting in Hamilton of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) delegates were undoubtedly talking about municipal strategies for water protection in the wake of the findings of the Walkerton Inquiry.
Proponents of the 2010 Winter Olympics claim that the Games will provide major economic benefits to British Columbians-so much so that the economic returns would easily justify the costs of staging the Games.
Vancouver has won the opportunity to host the world at the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The widespread (though not universal) display of triumphant joy by supporters underscores the main reason for hosting the Games - pride and enjoyment. But the cost-benefit analysis I co-authored of the 2010 Winter Games indicated clearly that these benefits will come at a financial cost - some $1.2 billion (net present value in 2010). And, that cost could get higher.
The restructuring of hog production in North America provides a rare clear view into the mechanisms and effects of corporate globalization. And the community-by-community fight to stop the incursion of corporate mega-barns and retain family farm hog production provides an example of effective and gritty local resistance to the most negative aspects of globalization.
The long-awaited report into the expansion of hog production in Manitoba, based on the findings of last fall's citizens' hearings in Brandon, will be released Thursday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba.