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B.C. saw 73,000 new jobs created in 2016, but this is not a good news story
By
Seth Klein Iglika Ivanova
| January 12, 2017

We hear a lot about B.C.'s strong jobs performance -- it's mentioned in every speech and media appearance by our Premier and members of her government. On the surface, it sounds like a good news story with over 73,000 new jobs created in 2016 while many provinces actually lost jobs. But what the Premier doesn't say is that most of these jobs were created in Metro Vancouver and Victoria, and our longer-term track record on job creation is much less rosy.

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'Belongings: The Fight for Land and Food'

November 8, 2016
| An interview with author Sally Miller about the link between land ownership, conflict and food insecurity.
Length: 13:49 minutes (14.42 MB)
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Redeye

Basic income: The devil is in the details

November 5, 2016
| Basic income is in the news right now, with governments from Alberta to Quebec in support of the idea. Economist David Macdonald says it's critical to pick the right model to actually reduce poverty.
Length: 15:48 minutes (14.48 MB)
Report on TPP's economic cost ignores potential damage to innovation and our digital economy
By
Meghan Sali
| September 15, 2016

A just-published government assessment of the economic impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) fails to consider the damage the TPP will cause to Canada's digital economy. The report completely ignores mounting evidence that the TPP's extreme copyright rules will cost jobs, undermine innovation, and cause millions in economic losses.

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For disaffected Brexit voters living under austerity, what choice did they have?
By
Mel Watkins
| July 13, 2016

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Globalization is a mighty force -- for good, for putting more food on the table, to give it its due -- and for bad, truly bad, like the fear and loathing of the Other, even the whiff of fascism, in Europe before and now after Brexit -- and, I note in passing, in the air in Trump's America.

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Christy Clark's brutal economic record won't stop her from winning the next election
By
Rafe Mair
| May 17, 2016

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Richard Zussman is the B.C. provincial affairs reporter for the CBC, and he's predicted that Premier Christy Clark will win the election in a year's time. For what it's worth, I think he's right and readers will know I've been saying that for sometime -- although certainly without any enthusiasm.

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Responding to economic critiques of the Leap Manifesto

May 11, 2016
| The Leap Manifesto has been called divisive, naïve and economically unsustainable. Christopher Majka says these critiques are rooted in a misunderstanding of what the Manifesto aims to do.
Length: 18:10 minutes (16.64 MB)
Canada's 'innovation agenda' isn't just tech -- it's social
By
Tonya Surman Victoria Lennox
| May 6, 2016

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Who will win the digital revolution?

April 21, 2016
| A talk by Robert McChesney and John Nichols based on their book "People Get Ready - The Fight Against the Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy."
Length: 1:07:12 minutes (64.14 MB)
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On stage in Edmonton: The tough Rachel Notley who frightens conservatives, and may scare certain New Democrats too
By
David J. Climenhaga
| April 10, 2016

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EDMONTON, Alberta

NDP Premier Rachel Notley called out Alberta’s conservatives yesterday for their climate change denying, science muzzling, regressive and deceptive ways.

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