Economic decisions are too important to be left to economists. That’s the big lesson I’m taking away the GDP Project as I clean out my desk and prepare to move on.
It’s been a year to remember – documenting the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes as it plays out in communities across Canada. Before I [...]
August 30th 2010 No Comments
Parting shots
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August 25th 2010 1 Comment
Aging in place: Bea’s room of her “OWN”
The OWN Co-op – the place that Bea Levis calls home and a model of inner city affordable housing – owes its existence partly to good timing.
“It was the last housing project to be built before the Harris government cancelled Ontario’s affordable housing funding,†says Erin Harris, a retired nurse who volunteers with the [...]
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August 24th 2010 2 Comments
Rural Alberta Gets Onboard Battle River Railway Co-op
As we wrap up production on the GDP project, we’re spotlighting an inspiring cooperative initiative in rural Alberta – an illustration of what communities can achieve when they’re united around a common economic vision.
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August 17th 2010 No Comments
Sudbury settles: Lessons learned
When we first encountered Nancy – the featured subject of our photo-essay On the line – she and her fellow workers at the nickel mine in Sudbury had already been on strike for 5 months.
That conflict would last another seven months. It ended on July 8, when 75 percent of strikers voted in favour of [...]
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August 13th 2010 No Comments
Rivers of Insecurity & Pennies of Prosperity
“Insecurity is the river that runs through it,†said economist Trish Hennessy when we asked her and her colleagues at the Centre for Policy Alternatives to identify some key characteristics of Canada’s economic recovery. They generously made time to talk to us earlier this summer – helping to put our work on the GDP Project [...]
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August 11th 2010 No Comments
Mackenzie: What a difference a year makes
Among the first postings we made to the GDP Project last year was Brian Howell’s series of photo-essays on Mackenzie, a BC logging town that had been walloped by the crisis in the forestry sector. At the time six mills had recently closed within the immediate area, putting 1,500 people out of work. The local [...]
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August 4th 2010 2 Comments
Beastly: Wildlife Rehab Hit by Crisis
By all official indicators, the Canadian economy has been in recovery for months now, but the human – and animal – index tells another story.
Barry Rothfuss and Pam Novak, the team that runs New Brunswick’s Atlantic Wildlife Institute, recently got some disappointing news.
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July 23rd 2010 No Comments
Complicated Legacy of Indian Act: A Conversation with Ray Wanuch
While attending the Summit for a People-Centred Economy earlier this summer, we met Ray Wanuch – executive director of the Council for the advancement of Native Development Officers. We asked for his perspective on the crisis and its impact on Canada’s Aboriginal commmunites.
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July 14th 2010 No Comments
Winds of Recovery on Great Lakes
While the winds of recovery are blowing some life back into Great Lakes shipping, industry insiders are still cautious about the long-term forecast.
Last summer Dominic Morissette, one of the GDP Project’s resident photographers, travelled to the shores of Lake Ontario. His mission: to gauge the recession’s impact on the vital shipping arteries of the continent’s [...]
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July 7th 2010 No Comments
Austerity or stimulus? Krugman throws down the gloves
Is now really the best time to slash public spending and downsize government – or does the ongoing economic uncertainly call for additional Keynesian-type stimulus?
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