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The New Labour Trilogy
March 16, 2015

March 2015 - In January, the Supreme Court of Canada released three decisions concerning the freedom of association under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. These rulings mean that RCMP officers can unionize, that employees have a right to strike,

February 2015 – The Vancouver Transit Referendum
February 01, 2015

The Transit and Transportation Plebiscite will see residents of BC's lower mainland vote from this March to May on whether to maintain and expand transportation infrastructure by raising sales taxes 0.5%. Hear from Gordon Price,

January 2015 – Rental Housing in British Columbia
January 19, 2015

Housing in British Columbia is often described as a crisis. Prices are rising, homelessness is rife, and few new units of rental housing are being built. Hear from the BC Non-Profit Housing Association's Director of Research and Education, Jill Atkey,

December 2014 – Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline
December 17, 2014

Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project is a proposal to expand the existing Trans Mountain pipeline system between Edmonton and Burnaby. Hear an excerpt from a speech that Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan made about the pipeline in September 2014,

December 2014 – Carter v. Canada: Assisted Suicide
November 29, 2014

This fall the Supreme Court of Canada heard Carter v. Canada, a constitutional challenge to the assisted suicide provisions in the Criminal Code. Hear an excerpt from Joseph Arvay's address to the Supreme Court of Canada,

November 2014 – The Response to Terrorism
November 29, 2014

This year has seen the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Harkat on the constitutionality of the security certificate regime, attacks in Ottawa and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, and the federal government's Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act.

September 2014 - Deepan Budlakoti and Statelessness
September 29, 2014

Deepan Budlakoti was born in Canada, but the Canadian government does not recognize him as a Canadian citizen. The principle question in his case is whether his parents worked for the Indian High Commissioner when he was born - that determines whether ...

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