In mid February, a report was released that received very little attention, but should have: The report of the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing’s Mission to Canada (hat tip to Jean Swanson for drawing the final report to my attention; it can be found here; just scroll down to the “Mission to Canada”.) The [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Aboriginal'
UN raps our housing record
March 11th, 2009 · Seth Klein · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Housing & homelessness, Poverty, inequality & welfare
Tags: Aboriginal·Downtown Eastside·homelessness·housing·Olympics·poverty·UN
First Nations as forest partners may be Roundtable’s most significant recommendation
March 10th, 2009 · Ben Parfitt · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Economy, Environment, resources & sustainability, First Nations & Aboriginal
There’s plenty to be concerned about with the recommendations emanating from the Working Roundtable on Forestry – an open door for raw log exports, diminished corporate taxes for cash-strapped rural municipalities, and a steady creep toward de facto privatization of some public forestlands. And in coming postings I’ll speak more about what’s on the negative [...]
Numerically Challenged
February 20th, 2009 · Michael Goldberg · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Provincial budget & finance
The BC budget just doesn’t add up once you look at some of the details. Since the 2009 economy is shrinking, how can revenues from personal income tax be greater in 2009 than 2008, when the yearly economy was still growing? A more for less approach seems to be endemic with the premier. When commenting [...]
Tags: Aboriginal·budget·construction·housing
