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Petition campaign calls on the federal government to revoke the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund Canada
Petition campaign calls on the federal government to revoke the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund Canada
Victoria Fenner | David Mivasair, a rabbi living in Hamilton, talks about why he believes the Jewish National Fund Canada should not have charitable tax status.
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Miriam Monsef. Photo: Laurel L. Russwurm
Feminist groups back in business
Penney Kome | New Status of Women department generously funds major women’s organizations.
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COP 22: Funding to stop climate change still dwarfed by military spending
Seble Samuel | Women and gender constituency demand climate funding, not combat funding at the United Nations COP 22 climate negotiations in Marrakech.
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Patti Bacchus on the firing of the Vancouver School Board
Redeye Collective | Patti Bacchus had been a Vancouver School Trustee for eight years when B.C.’s Education Minister fired her and the rest of the Board on October 17. Patti Bacchus tells the story of what happened.
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Image: Flickr/Tania Liu
Pain by Numbers: The distributional impacts of federal funding for post-secondary education
Erika Shaker | The recently released PBO report, Federal Spending on Postsecondary Education, is a treasure trove of information about education funding, tuition fees, savings schemes and tax credits.
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Saudi Arabia Smarter Than Canada?
Is Saudi Arabia smarter than Canada?
Daryn Caister | Angela Bischoff from the OCAA joins us at the top of the show to discuss some news and also talk about the complete waste of money (not to mention huge public safety hazard) Pickering nuclear plant.
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B.C.'s Medical Services Plan premiums a regressive tax
Redeye Collective | B.C. is the only province that charges residents a flat tax to access health care. All over provinces fund health care through the tax system. A recent campaign calls for an end to MSP premiums.
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Image: Flickr/Alex Guibord
Toronto city budget winds are shifting
Sheila Block | A fresh breeze is creating a welcome shift in Toronto's tax conversation this week, led by the city's new manager and Mayor John Tory on his one-year anniversary.
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Bringing community media together under the big tent: rabble radio November 2015
Victoria Fenner | A podcast from the Community Media Convergence Conference in Ottawa November 22-24, 2015.
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Municipal governments required to do more with less money
Redeye Collective | Cities in Canada are getting significantly less money from higher levels of government. At the same time, municipal governments are paying more than their share of housing, policing and water costs.
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The perils of NGOization for Canadian social movements
Scott Neigh | Organizer and author Dru Oja Jay talks about how NGOs have undermined, prevented, and co-opted grassroots social movement organizing in Canada.
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End of health accord threatens equal access to care
Redeye Collective | The National Health Accord expired on March 31 and the federal government has said it won't negotiate a new agreement. Health-care activists are concerned about the impact on universal access to care.