Driving Social Change Now
The CCPA is a non-partisan research institute producing research and analysis to help policy-makers, activists, and Canadians make informed decisions.
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News deprivation
The last 16 years have not been kind to local news outlets in Canada. Now 2.5 million Canadians don’t have access to local news. That’s a problem for our democracy.
The latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you
CCPA Updates-
Debunking myths about interprovincial trade barriers
Trade barrier talk is really a continuation of the neoliberal project to put private profit ahead of the public interest. CCPA researchers pulled facts in…
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Platform Crunch: Comparing four parties’ tax cut and cash transfers promises
Earlier in the week, the Liberals came out with a promise to cut the lowest federal personal income tax rate from 15 per cent to…
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Canadian tech bros are taking a page out of their U.S. brethrens’ playbook
Looking down south at the state of American politics, you wouldn’t think there is much Canadians would want to emulate. Yet an increasingly vocal faction…
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Trump’s tariff war could compel U.S. companies to flee Canada: that could hurt one in 10 workers
While we don’t know the extent of Trump’s tariff war on Canada, we do know it will affect workers’ jobs and livelihoods.
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Canadian icons
We asked Canadians to tell us about their perceptions of public service broadcasting and CBC/Radio-Canada
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Bang for our buck
Public broadcast funding in Canada is good value for Canadians
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Mixed signals
With a growing number of communities who are deprived of local news, Hamilton offers an example of how Canada’s public broadcaster could step in.
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Signaux contradictoires
Depuis deux décennies, Hamilton tente d’obtenir une station de radio locale de CBC. Les réponses apportées à ses demandes sont un exemple édifiant de l’approche…
Hard-hitting news from our offices
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Debunking myths about interprovincial trade barriers
Trade barrier talk is really a continuation of the neoliberal project to put private profit ahead of the public interest. CCPA researchers…
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A message from Nora Loreto, CCPA Board Chair, and Jason MacLean, Secretary-Treasurer, on the closure of the B.C. office of CCPA
The past year has been challenging for the CCPA, culminating in the closure of the B.C. office in February 2025. This letter…
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Canadian tech bros are taking a page out of their U.S. brethrens’ playbook
Looking down south at the state of American politics, you wouldn’t think there is much Canadians would want to emulate. Yet an…
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Manitoba Budget 2025
Budget 2025 takes further steps towards repairing public services while also providing stimulus for the provincial economy to counter 25% tariffs from…
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Whoever wins the election, Ontario must reinvest in post-secondary education
Ontario’s universities and colleges are in a state of financial crisis. Across the province, post-secondary institutions, citing a lack of revenue needed…
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CCPA Nova Scotia Annual Report
2024 marked CCPA Nova Scotia’s 25th anniversary. Over these 25 years, we’ve made an incredible impact, becoming a trusted source of knowledge…
