Il y a de ces rencontres marquantes; Gene Fowler en est une. Je ne l’ai jamais croisé, mais il ne m’a fallu que deux ou trois échanges téléphoniques, un peu de recherche sur Internet et quelques incursions sur sa page Facebook pour me convaincre de la truculence du personnage.
August 30th 2010 No Comments
Parting shots
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 [...]
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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 5th 2010 No Comments
Farmers unite to save Battle River Railway
With all the talk of Recession in the air, it hasn’t been easy for organizations that depend on community fundraising for their survival. All the more impressive then that a group of western grain farmers – the people behind the Battle River Railway New Generation Co-op (BRR)— have managed to raise about $3.5 million from their [...]
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April 7th 2010 No Comments
La Bolduc: Working-class heroine
Our new photo essay Song for the New Depression features the Montreal-based musicians Sabah Lachgar and Hassan El Hadi, performing Ça va venir – a song first made famous during the Depression years by Mary Travers. Known as La Bolduc, Travers attracted a huge following throughout French Canada with her catchy songs inspired by current [...]
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February 2nd 2010 3 Comments
The new lost generation
TV Ontario’s (TVO.org) The Agenda, hosted by Steve Paikin, brings about one of the most fascinating questions that keeps popping up in these times of the recession: Youth’s chances.
Since I’m 13, I’ve always been told that there were very little jobs out there. The 1992 recession had done much damage and this meant a bleek [...]
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January 13th 2010 No Comments
Thomas et Charmaine, champions de la presse
L’un des thèmes rĂ©currents dans cette crise Ă©conomique est l’Ă©cart entre riches et pauvres. Un fossĂ© qui se creuse de plus en plus. Ceci crĂ©Ă© une indignation non seulement dans les commentaires que l’on retrouve dans le docu web PIB, mais sur nombre de mĂ©dias du QuĂ©bec et d’ailleurs. Des groupes de recherche et de [...]
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December 2nd 2009 No Comments
L’embellie passe t-elle par votre quartier ?
On nous annonce la fin de la récession dans les médias.
La Banque du Canada, les banques commerciales et des analystes chevronnĂ©s notent un relèvement de l’Ă©conomie. Certes, mais les rĂ©alitĂ©s dĂ©passent les chiffres. Les destins humains ne s’expliquent pas par une mesure de la productivitĂ©, encore moins par le très rĂ©ducteur produit intĂ©rieur brut (PIB). [...]
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November 2nd 2009 No Comments
Les camionneurs indépendants
Michel Patry, chauffeur de camion depuis environ 30 ans, m’a donné mon cours de Camion 101 ce matin. Je l’avais appelé pour quelques informations entourant notre deuxième film sur les camionneurs. Passionné, il m’a parlé de son univers durant 40 bonnes minutes. Visiblement, lui–aussi a un 18 roues dans le sang!
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