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What does the U.S. election mean for Canadian climate action?
The United States is the second largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions in the world after China, and it is the country with the greatest cumulative responsibility for climate…
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Supporting Community-Led Development in Manitoba
Despite the current challenges facing communities and research supporting the benefits of community-led development (CLD), Manitoba hasn’t had a functioning, comprehensive CLD strategy or dedicated…
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Understanding Manitoba’s Social Housing Transformation
This report documents the process of Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation’s (hereafter called MHRC) devolution of public housing that took place from 2016–2021. In 2019,…
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No Time to Wait
In any public discussion of health care in Canada, the question of wait-times will inevitably come to the fore. For many, wait-times have come to…
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Missed Opportunities
This report provides an assessment of Canada’s progress in meeting the goals for gender equality set out in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.…
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Connecting Communities
This paper includes an exploration of the positive outcomes of inter-community transportation demonstrated in Manitoba and in other jurisdictions; an overview of current Manitoba provincial…
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Rejecting the high costs of tax cuts and austerity to our health
Today, the election debate is dominated by competing tax cut proposals that risk eroding our collective capacity to invest in one another, thereby widening health inequalities that make us sicker and will further stretch an overburdened health care system.
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Your quick guide to election issues
CCPA–BC articles casting light on issues of most importance to voters and evaluated solutions being floated on the campaign trail by the major parties
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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…
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2023 Living Wage for Regina and Saskatoon
The Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ living wage calculation for Regina and Saskatoon is a little different from past years. That’s…
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2024 Rosenbluth lecture with Dr. Katharina Pistor
In this lecture, Dr. Pistor discusses themes from her latest book, The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality, which explores how the public institutions of the legal system—like property law or taxation—are used to create private wealth.
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A convenient distraction: Is racist messaging being used in BC’s provincial election?
Ever since the economy started to slow down, the political discourse in BC has shifted dramatically. Immigrants and international students are blamed for the housing crisis and for driving down wages; people experiencing homelessness, addiction or mental health crises are blamed for making public spaces “unsafe” and engaging in crime; and basic steps towards meaningful reconciliation with First Nations are framed as threats to our economic prosperity.
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