Every now and again you read something so outrageous you have to laugh. So it is with the report recently released by BC Citizens for Clean Energy: A Triple Legacy for Future Generations.
The essence of this lobby group’s proposal is that the government should develop an export policy for green energy targeting up to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Economy'
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March 9th, 2010 · Marvin Shaffer · 1 Comment · Economy, Energy
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Women in the Canadian Economy
March 8th, 2010 · Iglika Ivanova · 5 Comments · Children & youth, Economy, Women
Last weekend, I spoke at a community event celebrating International Women’s Day in Vancouver. It got me thinking about the status of women in the Canadian economy, reflecting both on the successes over the last half century and on the areas where work is still needed to achieve gender equality.
As a young woman in Canada, [...]
Tags: gender inequality·Women
BC’s budget deficit third smallest in Canada
March 1st, 2010 · Iglika Ivanova · 1 Comment · Economy, Provincial budget & finance, Transparency & accountability
Media attention may still be firmly focused on athletes and tourists today, but we’re already starting to see hints about what will dominate BC’s post-Olympics discourse.
The fear-mongering around our provincial debt and deficits is making a return
Costs do matter!
March 1st, 2010 · Marvin Shaffer · 3 Comments · Economy
Admittedly, I’ve been over 4000 kilometres away from the frenzy on Robson Street for the last two weeks and more. Nevertheless, I still can’t buy into the new found enthusiasm for the Olympics. True, the men’s hockey final was spectacular, and I enjoyed it as much as anyone, celebrating with a margarita at a favourite [...]
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Is it time to stop worrying about the economy?
February 22nd, 2010 · Iglika Ivanova · 1 Comment · Economy, Provincial budget & finance
If you read the papers in this province, you’d think BC had long forgotten about the recession. Every bit of economic good news is trumpeted enthusiastically, from small increases in employment to the latest growth forecast released by private sector economists.
Yet economic forecasting is a notoriously difficult business. Just a year ago, we saw BC’s [...]
Tags: economic forecasting·economic growth·Economy·recession·recovery
Will the Olympics boost long-term tourism to BC?
February 15th, 2010 · Seth Klein · 19 Comments · Climate change, Economy
“We’ve invited the world, they’re coming, and the place is a mess.” That was the tag line the CCPA gave to our BC Solutions Budget back in 2004. At the time, we argued as strongly as we could that if BC was to change the story the world would tell of us this month, we [...]
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The Buy American Deal: CCPA Analysis
February 11th, 2010 · Sarah Leavitt · No Comments · Economy
If you’re looking for an alternative perspective on the recent Buy American deal, check out Buy American Basics, a new report from the CCPA’s National Office by economist Scott Sinclair. Scott reveals why this can’t really be called a “deal” as far as Canada’s concerned.
You might also want to check out CCPA Research Associate [...]
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Economic Impacts !?@#
January 20th, 2010 · Marvin Shaffer · 2 Comments · Economy, Energy
There isn’t a reputable economist that I know, nor a student in my benefit-cost class at SFU (that wants to pass) that does not understand the difference between economic impacts and real economic benefits. Nevertheless, industry lobbyists and all-too-many government officials never cease to point to economic impacts — the number of jobs a project [...]
First the party, next the hangover
January 12th, 2010 · Marc Lee · 1 Comment · Climate change, Economy, Provincial budget & finance
It’s shocking to think that the 2010 Winter Games are now exactly one month away. Yes, the banners are dropping down the side of downtown buildings; huge tents are being erected anywhere there is open space; advertising from any but the Olympic sponsors has all but disappeared (I hereby challenge any Olympic athlete to eat [...]
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New Brunswick Plans for a $10 Minimum Wage
January 6th, 2010 · Iglika Ivanova · 8 Comments · Economy, Employment & labour, Poverty, inequality & welfare
On January 5, New Brunswick’s provincial government announced plans to increase their minimum wage from the current $8.25 per hour to $10 over the next two years. The move has gotten surprisingly little coverage in the mainstream media out West so far, but I urge you to check out this excellent article on the Times [...]
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