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Entries Tagged as 'Media'

Much ado about the provincial debt

February 16th, 2011 · · 2 Comments · Economy, Media, Provincial budget & finance, Transparency & accountability

If you read Vaughn Palmer’s online budget analysis in the Vancouver Sun, you’d be forgiven thinking that deficit hysteria is making a comeback in BC. The title of his online piece, Debt Hits Historic High, disappoints with its blatant sensationalism. Yes, it is technically true that in straight up current dollars debt hit a historic [...]

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On minimum wages and talk radio

November 6th, 2009 · · 4 Comments · Media, Poverty, inequality & welfare

Today marks the third time in the past four months that I get booted off a pre-arranged radio interview on minimum wages in BC. What is it about this topic that the universe doesn’t want me to say on live radio? I mean, I try not to be superstitious, but the string of coincidences is [...]

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