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March 14, 2013 After spending much of the 1990s in first place, and the next decade in a slow decline, Canada has now dropped entirely out of the top 10 on the UN's Human Development Index. Continue reading... CLARE DEMERSE | | Fact-Checking Canada's Environmental Record | With consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal heading into the home stretch, a parade of Canadian politicians have been making the trek to the U.S. to try to convince the Obama Administration of the pipeline's merits.The good news is that the recent visitors -- from Premiers Redford and Wall to federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver -- now acknowledge that Canada's environmental record is crucial to the upcoming U.S. decision.The bad news is that there are some gaping holes in that record. Continue reading... | | | ROBIN ROWLAND | | Keystone XL Pipeline Report Studied B.C. Scenarios | The U.S. State Department released its long-awaited report on the Keystone XL project last week. Most media focused on the executive summary, but several scenarios in British Columbia are outlined in the full report, even though the province is thousands of kilometres removed from the proposed pipeline. Continue reading... | | | MADELEINE M. KUNIN | | Sheryl Sandberg Is Half Right | Women have to do more than advocate for themselves. They have to use their voices in the workplace to push for sensible family friendly policies that will make it more feasible for all working women to manage their work lives and their family lives without sacrificing one to the other. Continue reading... | | ROBERT SCHEER | | It's Good to Be the Multinational Corporations | Go offshore, young man, and avoid paying taxes. Plunder at will in those foreign lands, and if you get in trouble, Uncle Sam will come rushing to your assistance, diplomatically, financially and militarily, even if you have managed to avoid paying for those government services. Continue reading... | |
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