>Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 14:24:42 -0400
>From: Bruce Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Organization: CCPA
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>Subject: New From the CCPA
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>
>October --1999
>
>Dear members and friends of the CCPA
>
>From: Bruce Campbell, Executive Director
>
>This is the first of what will be regular update of new publications
>from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. A lot of our material
>can be freely downloaded from our web site. So check us out at:
>http://www.policyalternatives.ca
>
>Also, feel free to contact me if you have any comments about our work.
>
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>The World Trade Organization: A Citizen�s Guide
>
>by Steven Shrybman (CCPA/Lorimer)
>
>
>The World Trade Organization is a global institution of staggering
>power. With a membership of 135 countries and a mandate to administer
>and enforce international trade agreements worldwide, it is not an
>exaggeration to say that this organization constitutes a form of world
>government. The WTO is using it is extraordinary powers to force
>governments to modify public policies most often to conform to corporate
>interests. Steven Shrybman offers an independent view of the WTO and how
>it is using its powers in areas ranging from agriculture and environment
>to labour and culture.
>
>World leaders meet in Seattle later this year to launch the so-called
>millennium round of WTO negotiations. WTO: A Citizen�s Guide is a
>timely and valuable resource for all who want to understand its profound
>impacts on our lives.
>
>Copies of The World Trade Organization: A Citizen�s Guide can be
>obtained from the CCPA for $19.95 each (price includes shipping within
>North America, handling and GST #124146473RT). (Discounts available for
>bulk orders)
>
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>
>Ten Tax Myths
>
>by Murray Dobbin
>
>The high-powered campaign for tax cuts in Canada, mounted by big
>business and relentlessly promoted by right-wing politicians,
>think-tanks and the commercial media, is based on misleading data,
>specious arguments, and outright falsehoods. That is the central finding
>of best-selling author and activist Murray Dobbin, His report is
>designed to expose and refute the prevalent tax myths and to provide the
>facts about our tax system that its attackers conveniently ignore. "Ten
>Tax Myths" will equip citizens with the information and analysis needed
>to debunk these myths.
>
>Ten Tax Myths has been met by a predictably hostile response from the
>tax cut lobby. For example Michael Walker of the Fraser Institute says:
>"there is a superficial appeal to the analysis that does not stand up to
>careful scrutiny."
>
>Ten Tax Myths can be downloaded for free from the CCPA web site at
>http://www.policyalternatives.ca >
>Hard copies are available for $10.00 each. (bulk orders are available
>for $5.00 each plus shipping)
>
>Murray Dobbin is available to speak at conventions and conferences.
>
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>
>The Future of Medicare: Recovering the Canada Health Act
>
>by Monique Begin
>
>According to former Federal Health Minister Monique Begin, the
>growing privatization of Canada's health care system, government
>under-funding, the de-listing of services, the imposition of
>extra-charges and user fees, and the failure to enforce the Canada
>Health Act are combining to erode Medicare in Canada. Now professor
>emeritus at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Health Sciences,
>Begin, the main architect of the 1984 Canada Health Act, analyzes and
>documents the erosion of our public health care system.
>
>The Future of Medicare can be downloaded for free from the CCPA web
>site. Hard copies are available for $10.00 each. (bulk orders are
>available for $5.00 plus shipping)
>
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>
>Out of Control: Canada in an Unstable Financial World
>
>edited by Brian K. MacLean (CCPA/Lorimer)
>
>Unless forceful measures are taken to regulate global financial
>markets, the world is in danger of repeating, on an even larger
>scale, the Asian financial crisis which shook the world economy in
>1997-98. This is a central message of Out of Control Out of Control,
>edited by Laurentian University economics professor Brian MacLean,
>contains contributions from leading Canadian experts and commentators
>who bring a range of perspectives and experience to this subject. They
>include: Linda McQuaig, Jacques Parizeau, Douglas Peters, and Jim
>Stanford. The authors explore the causes of financial market turmoil and
>propose a variety of workable measures Canada can take to shield itself
>from destabilizing international forces. They also stress the need for
>international solutions showing what Canada can do to promote a more
>stable world financial system.
>
>Copies of Out of Control can be obtained from the CCPA for $19.95 each
>(price includes shipping within North America, handling and GST
>#124146473RT). (Discounts available for bulk orders)
>
>Early praise for Out of Control came from Finance Minister and chair of
>the new G-20 group of countries, Paul Martin, who called it "very
>timely."
>
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>
>Raising the Floor: The Economic and Social Benefits of Minimum Wages in
>Canada,
>
>By Michael Goldberg and David Green
>
>The study is by two CCPA research associates, Michael Goldberg, research
>director with the Social Planning and Research Council of BC; and David
>Green, associate professor of economics at the University of British
>Columbia.
>
>The study clearly disputes the claim that minimum wages are a major
>killer of jobs. The research indicates that minimum wage increases have
>only marginal effects on employment. But more importantly, even under
>the most conservative assumptions, minimum wage increases lead to an
>increase in the total wages paid to low-wage workers.
>
>The study uses the latest available data for Canada's four most populous
>provinces -- Ontario, Quebec, BC and Alberta -- to profile who minimum
>wage workers are, to analyze what impact minimum wages have on
>employment, and to make policy recommendations.
>
>The minimum wage is not a panacea say the authors, but it is an
>important tool in the social policy toolbox for raising the floor for
>low-wage workers and meeting anti-poverty goals. The authors find that,
>after inflation, real minimum wages in Canada have dropped dramatically
>from their peak in the mid-1970s. All provinces need to restore the
>purchasing power of the minimum wage.
>
>Raising the Floor can be downloaded for free from the CCPA web site.
>Hard copies are available for $10.00 each. (bulk orders are available
>for $5.00 each plus shipping)
>
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>
>Paper Boom: Why Real Prosperity Requires a New Approach To Canada�s
>Economy, by Jim Stanford (CCPA/Lorimer)
>
>Paper Boom provides a devastating expos� of the destructive effects of
>Canada�s financial casino economy on real investment and jobs in the
>economy where most of us live. This book explodes the myth propagated by
>Bay Street that playing the financial markets is actually putting money
>to work to produce real economic growth.
>
>National Affairs columnist Doug fisher says Paper Boom is potentially
>the most important work on Canadian economic and political analysis
>since John Porter�s Vertical Mosaic.
>
>Copies of Paper Boom can be obtained from the CCPA for $24.95 each
>(price includes shipping within North America, handling and GST
>#124146473RT). (Discounts available for bulk orders)
>
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>
>CCPA: Behind the Numbers (BTN)
>
>BTH is a media-fax series of short, (1000 words) numbers- based analyses
>of key public policy issues. They are distributed nationally to our
>extensive media data base and are meant to inform and influence the
>public debate. They are available on our web site.
>
>If you are interested in producing a "CCPA Behind the Numbers" you can
>contact me: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>We can�t guarantee you that we will use your submission; but we will
>carefully consider it. For a model of how they are done, please check
>out past BTN reports on our web site.
>
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>
>You can order your copy of all of these publications by filling out the
>secure on-line order form on our web page at
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>Also, check out our web page for information about how you can become a
>member of the CCPA.
>
>--
>Bruce Campbell
>Executive Director
>Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
>Suite 410, 75 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7
>Tel: 613-563-1341 Fax: 613-233-1458
>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.policyalternatives.ca
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