Tag Archive: green infrastructure

The Leap Manifesto is ambitious, but it’s not the end of capitalism

Oct 7, 2015

Only “Radical” Next to Parties’ Modest Climate Plans The Leap Manifesto: A Call for Canada Based on Caring for the Earth and One Another was launched by a group of prominent Canadians on September 15. So far, over 25,000 Canadians have added their names to the declaration. In the face of the ho-hum party platforms… View Article

There is more to good economic policy than protecting the interests of employers

May 6, 2009

By Iglika Ivanova

Next week’s election will take place in the midst of an economic crisis which hit our province seemingly out of the blue last fall and hit us hard, causing 69,000 job losses between November and March (the April numbers will be released on Friday, May 8, and are expected to be just as grim as… View Article

BC’s economy and the Liberal platform

Apr 29, 2009

By Marc Lee

With my oped last week on the NDP platform making me less than popular over at NDP HQ, today the Sun published my take on the Liberals’ platform, thereby guaranteeing that the list of Christmas parties I get invited to dwindles to next to nothing. BC’s Economic Challenges and the Liberal Platform By Marc Lee… View Article

The NDP Platform and BC’s Economic Challenges

Apr 20, 2009