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Growing Gap
The story of the rich and the rest of us
The CCPA’s Growing Gap project takes an in-depth and sustained look at one of the biggest challenges of our time: Worsening income and wealth inequality in Canada. Our team of economists and researchers have been tracking household income, wealth, spending and credit data, unearthing a troubling phenomenon.
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Halifax municipal election: Local democracy can be a counter to authoritarianism
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Halifax municipal election: Fully public services improve quality—time to deprivatize
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Halifax municipal election: Building a fairer city means addressing inequality
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Expensive housing eroding BC’s economy — new report offers solutions agenda
VANCOUVER – Scarce and expensive housing is eroding the province’s liveability and economy and the skyrocketing price of homes has become a source of enormous wealth…
Building Equity
No topic has dominated the headlines in recent years more than housing or the growing lack of affordable options in Metro Vancouver and other cities…
Alternative federal budget 2025
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Budget fédéral alternatif 2025
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2025 Alternative Federal Budget offers election platform ideas for political parties
OTTAWA—As parliament resumes this week and sparks pre-election positioning for Canada’s political parties, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has released its annual Alternative…
2024 Rosenbluth lecture | Dr. Katharina Pistor
Dr. Pistor will discuss themes from her latest book,The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality, which explores how the public institutions…
With the Liberal-NDP agreement dead, what’s on the agenda for the fall parliamentary session?
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CCPA-NS Annual Fundraising Gala: 25th Anniversary Celebration
Join the CCPA Nova Scotia office on November 7th for the Annual Fundraising Gala! Celebrating 25 years of providing policy alternatives, this cocktail reception will…
EBC Fundraising Brunch 2024
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba is proud to be honouring the Women’s Health Clinic at their annual Errol Black Chair in Labour…
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