In a Vancouver Sun article (Market wages would make a difference to city’s taxes, December 28, 2009) Philip Hochstein argues Vancouver civic workers who make a living wage should be made to suffer the fate of those in the private sector whose employers get away with paying under $15 an hour for labouring, or $10-15 an hour [...]
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Scrooge is alive and well
December 29th, 2009 · Adrienne Montani · No Comments · Poverty, inequality & welfare, Taxes, Uncategorized
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Ho Ho Ho. Help!
December 18th, 2009 · Keith Reynolds · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Are you worried about a last minute gift for one of your progressive friends? Me too. So I have a proposal that might help both of us. I am going to suggest a new book you might find interesting in the hopes that you will take advantage of the comment section at the end of [...]
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Public or private – how the choice for P3s gets made
November 14th, 2009 · Keith Reynolds · 2 Comments · Privatization, P3s & public services, Uncategorized
Did you ever wonder how Partnerships BC justifies using 35 year contracts for public private partnerships rather than borrowing the money publicly and doing things like hospitals and roads as public projects?
Well now you can find out. PBC has published its methodology on a website. They have even asked for comments on the methodology, though [...]
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Policy Note is live!
August 20th, 2009 · Terra Poirier · 3 Comments · Policy Note in the news, Uncategorized
PolicyNote.ca is up and running, though we are still in soft launch mode, so you may encounter a glitch here or there. These should all be ironed out over the next few days.
New feature: new posts to Policy Note are open for commenting. The first time you post a comment, it must be approved by [...]
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