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Tony Clarke’s life was an inspiration to all who seek to build a better world
Tony Clarke was an intellectual, a policy wonk, and most of all, a formidable activist for social, economic, and environmental justice for people in Canada and around the world.
The power of pensions
Retirement security is the dream of every Canadian, but employers, particularly those in the private sector, are moving away from providing the gold standard of…
Canada Disability Benefit
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is a charitable research institute and Canada’s leading source of progressive policy ideas, whose work is rooted in the…
Capital gains tax increase is a step towards a fairer tax system in Canada
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subscribeWhat was the point of Canada’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement?
December 16, 2024 was a raucous day in Ottawa, with the sudden departure of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on the morning she was scheduled to…
Will a pro-oil president kill the oil sands?
The following is a re-print of the November 2024 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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Le pouvoir des pensions
La sécurité de la retraite est le rêve de tous les Canadiens, mais les employeurs, en particulier ceux du secteur privé, offrent de moins en…
Heads in the sands
This report explores the potential social and economic consequences of a large-scale decline in oil sands production due to collapsing demand for Canadian oil exports.…
Trump’s tariff threat is about borders, not trade
Late Monday night, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump used his Truth Social platform to announce he would impose across-the-board 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico on…