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Sep 17, 2015

Burning questions for the leaders' debate on the economy

various

The economy is one of the most critical ballot-box issues facing Canadian voters this election. CCPA staff share the questions they would like the leaders to answer tonight.

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May 11, 2015

Striking a balance between economic development and environment

Marvin Shaffer

The biggest challenge facing provincial governments in B.C. and Alberta is finding the right balance between economic development and environmental objectives.

Columnists

Apr 1, 2015

Reducing pollution to improve health should be a policy priority

Stephen Leahy

Pollution is likely to be the most pressing global health issue in the coming years without effective prevention and clean-up efforts, experts say.

Columnists

Dec 1, 2014

Who will save Canada's economy from Harper and the CEOs?

Murray Dobbin

Canada's economy is increasingly at the mercy of a risk-averse, inept corporate elite addicted to government tax breaks, and an ideologically addled government. It is a deadly combination.

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Aug 29, 2014

Where is the economic action for women in the North?

Kate McInturff

An economic plan that would work for women in the North has to accommodate the realities of where they work, how they work and the constraints imposed by their unpaid work.

Blog

Jul 17, 2014

The high financial risk of Alberta's tar sands in a carbon-constrained world

Marc Lee

Carbon budgeting is a fairly new way of conceptualizing the economic and public policy challenges associated with climate change, with key implications for fossil fuel development.

News

May 29, 2014

Indigenous protests at Mt. Klappan show respect for the land

Thomas McIlwraith

Tahltans continue to protest the proposed mining project in the Klappan region. Though they're not opposed to development, they are opposed to rapid development that does not respect their land.

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Apr 15, 2014

Ontario's slow-growth economy: Better news than you might think

Armine Yalnizyan

In the past, an entrepreneurial state asked: what kind of future do we want, and how do we get there? Slow growth could nudge us towards those questions again.

Columnists

Jan 13, 2014

Boosting the local economy through a Nova Scotia dollar

Ralph Surette

The Ivany commission on the new economy is due to report in a few weeks here in Nova Scotia, and in case they missed it, here's one last idea for their consideration: the Nova Scotia dollar.

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Nov 29, 2013

The Staple Theory at 50: Staples theory - its gendered nature

Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Feminism was the unlikely route for my contact with the staples theory. I say 'unlikely' because staples development analysis has a structural amnesia to gendered issues.

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