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Relief, cautious optimism and disappointments – lessons from the 2015 federal election

Oct 22, 2015

By Seth Klein and Shannon Daub It’s only been a few days since Canadians turfed the Harper Conservatives from office. But it feels like a month’s worth of catharsis, in the form of profound relief that after almost ten years of policies harmful to the environment, public services, social cohesion and democracy, the mean man… View Article

Why my dad and I will vote for health

Oct 15, 2015

By Dr. Vanessa Brcic

As a family physician, the most important way I can help (and not harm) my patients, is to vote for healthcare in this election…. View Article

The Leap Manifesto is ambitious, but it’s not the end of capitalism

Oct 7, 2015

By Seth Klein

Only “Radical” Next to Parties’ Modest Climate Plans The Leap Manifesto: A Call for Canada Based on Caring for the Earth and One Another was launched by a group of prominent Canadians on September 15. So far, over 25,000 Canadians have added their names to the declaration. In the face of the ho-hum party platforms… View Article

Some strengths and weaknesses in the Green Party platform

Sep 18, 2015

By Seth Klein

My recent post comparing the NDP and Liberal election positions to date drew some criticism for leaving out the Green Party. So hoping to rectify that with this post on what I see as some strengths and weaknesses of the Green plan. On Sept. 9, The Green Party became the first of the major parties… View Article

The best of all policies: my wish for the ideal platform

Sep 2, 2015

By Seth Klein

I’m often asked which opposition party, with a potential to win the election, has the better platform when it comes to tackling climate change and inequality – the two great inconvenient truths of our time, and the focus of much of our work at CCPA. (I’m leaving out from this comparison the Conservatives, who have thus… View Article

Raising RRSP withdrawal limit no solution to unaffordable housing

Aug 13, 2015

By Seth Klein

Far be it from me to school the Prime Minister on the laws of supply and demand. He is, after all, the one who has extensively studied neo-liberal economics. But the Conservatives’ plan to increase what first-time homebuyers can pull from their RRSPs for a down payment – from a maximum of $25K to $35K… View Article

Climate Justice and the Good Life, for Everyone

Jun 2, 2015

By Marc Lee

In our Climate Justice Project, our research has stressed structural changes and collective action to lower carbon footprints rather than individual behavioural change. The ability of many actors to respond to incentives like a carbon tax is constrained by their circumstances. Suburban households often have no realistic option but to keep driving. Renters have little agency over… View Article

BC Budget 2015 snapshot: More revenue from MSP, tuition, but less money for public services

Feb 25, 2015

By Keith Reynolds

One way to measure a government’s commitment to public services is to see what percentage of the province’s wealth (GDP) the government spends on these services. According to government plans outlined in the Budget Documents: Health care spending will fall from 7.9% of GDP in 2012/13 to 7.5% in 2017/18. Education spending falls from 5.6%… View Article

Feds and provinces push billions in costs down on to towns and cities

Sep 18, 2014

By Keith Reynolds

It is all too easy to get lost in “today’s issue” when we look at things without realizing they are part of a larger pattern that affects our lives. Desperately needed public transit in the Lower Mainland becomes a political football with competing interests and imposed referendums. In the Capital Regional District plans for sewage… View Article

If the political will is there, the money is too to settle teachers’ dispute

Sep 13, 2014

By Seth Klein

I’ve submitted the following Letter to the Editor to the Vancouver Sun. Hoping they publish it in the next couple days: Enough with the pleas of a bare cupboard from the Premier, Finance Minister and Education Minister. If the political will is there, there is plenty of money to settle the teachers’ dispute, hire more… View Article

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176 Search Results for wealth tax

Relief, cautious optimism and disappointments – lessons from the 2015 federal election

Why my dad and I will vote for health

The Leap Manifesto is ambitious, but it’s not the end of capitalism

Some strengths and weaknesses in the Green Party platform

The best of all policies: my wish for the ideal platform

Raising RRSP withdrawal limit no solution to unaffordable housing

Climate Justice and the Good Life, for Everyone

BC Budget 2015 snapshot: More revenue from MSP, tuition, but less money for public services

Feds and provinces push billions in costs down on to towns and cities

If the political will is there, the money is too to settle teachers’ dispute