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Policy Brief Re: Women’s Economic Equality Strategy
Introduction The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is an independent, non-profit research institute dedicated to producing and promoting economic and social policy research of…
CCPA calls for government action to improve the lives of women in British Columbia
(Vancouver) On the eve of the World March of Women and a conference on women’s economic security co-hosted by Premier Ujjal Dosanjh and Women’s Equality…
Government action is needed to achieve women’s equality
On October 15, women, children and men will take to the streets in more than 140 countries in the World March of Women. Marchers will…
Flying Without a Net
The Economic Freedom of Working Canadians in 2000 Download 782.55 KB44 pages
Flying Without a Net
The Economic Freedom (For the Rest of Us) Index, 2000 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (OTTAWA)–Although the economic well-being of Canadian workers has…
The Road to Equity
Training Women and First Nations on the Vancouver Island Highway – A Model for Large-Scale Construction Projects Download 188.1 KB17 pages
New CCPA report lauds Vancouver Island Highway construction as a model for equity training and hiring
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The face of labour is changing, and the Vancouver Island Highway Project offers a Labour Day lesson…
Vancouver Island Highway brings changing face of labour to construction
No one is surprised, these days, to encounter a female doctor, lawyer or accountant. Erasing occupational barriers for women was one of the aims of…
Business lobby cries wolf over Manitoba’s labour law changes
Opposition to Bill 44’s proposed changes to labour legislation, led by a handful of business lobbyists and echoed by Free Press editorials, takes two main…
BC forest industry needs to do more with its wood
In the last two weeks, three news stories on BC’s forest industry told a pretty compelling story about the state of the industry and its…
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Crisis in BC’s resource sectors driven mainly by global factors
New CCPA study highlights failure of resource corporations to adequately invest in the province CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The BC Office…
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