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Shortchanged
https://vimeo.com/3842584 A short video featuring CCPA resource policy analyst Ben Parfitt discussing findings showing that startling numbers of usable logs are being left to rot or burn at logging sites,…
Maher Arar
Fragile Rights: The erosion of our human rights and civil liberties in the name of national security On February 12, 2009, Maher Arar spoke at a benefit for the CCPA’s…
Till Elections Do Us Part: What makes a government coalition work?
A Canadian-European dialogue On March 12, 2009, in the aftermath of Canada’s Prime Minister proroguing Parliament to subvert the formation of a coalition government, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…
The Struggle Continues
Indigenous peoples still suffering from rights violations Indigenous women today work with many issues ranging from domestic violence, youth gangs, child welfare issues, land rights, right through to helping frame…
Real Change? Or Business as Usual?
New “New Deal” is unlikely to come from Obama presidency When the U.S. Treasury last October lavished $700 billion on Wall Street banks with no strings attached, the Obama team…
Putting the public interest first (Part 2)
Corporations can and should be made socially responsible Read Part 1 What benefits could a government expect by amending corporate charters to include the public interest? Because of the wide…
Putting the public interest first (Part 1)
Corporations can and should be made socially responsible Corporations are different from other business entities because they attract capital investment by socializing a portion of shareholder risk. Investors are keenly…
Path of Destruction
Canadian mining companies on rampage around the world Canada is the world’s leading mining nation. Sixty per cent of all public mining companies are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange….
An Open Letter to Margaret Wente
We need to think more analytically about harm reduction This is an updated form of a letter I sent to Globe & Mail columnist Margaret Wente in response to her…
Open for Business?
What’s wrong with corporatizing our universities? Plenty! A serious problem for progressive people nowadays is that neoliberal discourse has become so established, so commonsensical, that it is difficult to publicly…
The Trouble With CEO Pay in Canada
Hugh Mackenzie, researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, gives you the dirt on the growing income gap between Canada’s very rich and the rest of us….
November 2008: The Worst Time For the Worst Government
Canadians need a rebuilt welfare state, not a broken one Ralph Nader, the famous American consumer advocate and perennial presidential candidate, writing recently in The Nation, recalled sitting at the…
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