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It’s not the carbon tax that’s driving up gas prices
Gasoline prices in Ontario are skyrocketing. As of March 7, the price for regular unleaded was just shy of $1.85 in the Greater Toronto Area and even higher in northern…
Preventing a downward spiral for transit isn’t complicated
We’ve seen what a downward spiral looks like for public transit. The recession of the early 1990s, coupled with cuts in government funding funding, reduced service levels in Toronto. Even…
Free to ROAM: Fare-free public transportation arrives in Alberta
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the volatility of funding public transit through farebox revenues. If transit commissions believe that their operating budgets must be funded through fares, their transit services…
All’s fare?
We need to break up with our current fare-based transit model and the pandemic has made this abundantly clear. Farebox recovery revenues, also called cost recovery revenues, represent the amount…
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Tony Clarke’s life was an inspiration to all who seek to build a better world
Tony Clarke was an extraordinary human being. He was an intellectual, a policy wonk, and most of all, a formidable activist for social, economic, and environmental justice for people in…
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CERB helped jobless workers rebound from massive pandemic-related unemployment: Survey
New report shows positive impact on CERB recipients READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A national survey of Canadian workers who received the…
Failure to act means failing dikes
Province must take responsibility for flood protection infrastructure VANCOUVER – The BC government failed to act decisively when told that dikes in…
Saskatchewan picks another fight with teachers over standardized tests
Last year, the Saskatchewan party government made the ill-advised decision to go after teachers. From bad-faith bargaining through billboards to the roundly…
Healthcare is a Human Right
International Students Speak Out on Healthcare Inaccessibility in Manitoba Download 2.94 MB32 pages Five years after public health insurance was rescinded from…
CCPA’s favourite graphs of 2023
From every office – CCPA researchers picked their favourite graphs of the past year.
Nova Scotia municipal elections: Building a fairer city means addressing inequality
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