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January/February 2002: Crash
(January 1, 2002) Is no-fault insurance a legislated crime against innocent victims who receive inadequate compensation, or is it a necessary social tool to curb rising auto insurance costs? Continue reading
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Car insurance: price isn’t everything
(January 1, 2002) The insurance industry, in response to an announcement from the Consumers’ Association of Canada on auto insurance rates in Canada, is cautioning consumers to compare the benefits paid out in claims with the premiums collected. Continue reading
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Watershed decision
(December 18, 2001) CUPE, the public service labour union, recently issued a dire prediction to its members. “A waste water treatment system in the coastal city of Halifax … could well be a watershed in the Canadian struggle against privatization,” it warned in exhorting its troops nationwide to join its anti-privatization campaign. Continue reading
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War profiteers at work
(October 9, 2001) The war has begun and the profiteers are at work, parlaying the tragedy of Sept. 11 into lucre for their pocketbooks. The penny-ante profiteers, like the gas station operators that preyed on public fears and jacked up pump prices to US$5 a gallon, have already been shamed into repaying their ill-gotten gains. Continue reading
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Buffalo, not farmers, belong on the Prairies
(September 11, 2001) One hundred years ago and more, lured by free lands and wild-eyed visions of prosperity, pioneers were duped into settling the Prairies. Many quit as soon as they realized their mistake, never to return. The rest, through their offspring, got their revenge. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 