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.
-
Platform crunch 3: Every party is promising tax cuts and cash transfers
With the federal election campaign in full swing, the parties are continuing to release pieces of their vision for how they would govern.
The latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you
CCPA Updates-
How to vote in Canada now that you are a citizen
It’s election time in Canada, and citizens of this country—both those born into citizenship and those who have gained it—are getting ready to vote. If…
-
Platform crunch 3: Every party is promising tax cuts and cash transfers
With the federal election campaign in full swing, the parties are continuing to release pieces of their vision for how they would govern.
-
Money makes drug regulation go round at Health Canada
In one of the songs in the musical Cabaret, there’s a refrain that goes “Money makes the world go round”. That’s true in most areas,…
-
Canada’s secret weapon in U.S. trade war? Trump’s billionaire backers
Donald Trump’s first presidency was marked by an open-door policy for billionaires seeking favourable policies. His second term promises a deeper entrenchment of oligarchic power.
Our publications are available to all at no cost. Please support the CCPA and help make important research and ideas available to everyone.
Make a donation today.
-
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.
-
Stoking the fire to make change
This study examines how CBOs in Winnipeg support community and grassroots policy advocacy to address the needs of their participants.
-
Contradictions in care: Labour conditions, conflicting values, and crisis in child protection social work in Nova Scotia
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report, Contradictions in care: Labour conditions, conflicting values, and crisis in child protection social…
-
Mapping Colonial Harms
Social emergencies on Manitoba First Nations are not unforeseen circumstances, predictable events that are rooted in colonial conditions.
Hard-hitting news from our offices
-
How to vote in Canada now that you are a citizen
It’s election time in Canada, and citizens of this country—both those born into citizenship and those who have gained it—are getting ready…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Are the kids alright? Low-income and food insecurity rising among Ontario’s children
While the recent provincial election sparked numerous debates about the future of Ontario, one issue remained notably absent: the well-being of Ontario’s…
-
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…
