Menu
News & Research
Read our latest research, policy analysis and commentary
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.
A Not-So-Crazy Conspiracy Theory
If this crisis doesn’t discredit capitalism, what will? There’s this cartoon about two cows. The first cow has just figured out, to her horror and…
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
How federal and provincial benefits get wiped out with wage increases Download 122.6 KB3 pages Imagine a low-income family working hard day after day to…
Austerity hurts
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press November 13, 2023
Missing teeth
Executive summary As part of the March 2022 Liberal-NDP Supply and Confidence Agreement, the federal government is creating a national public dental care plan—the most…
How Biden’s digital trade rethink adds pressure to re-renegotiate NAFTA
We should use the six-year renewal of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement to strip out Trump-era language benefiting big tech oligarchs. Then keep pushing.
Working for a Living Wage
The 2023 living wage for Metro Vancouver is $25.68 per hour. This is the hourly rate that each of two parents working full-time must earn…
Living wage in Metro Vancouver rises to $25.68 amid soaring costs
Community Living Wage 2023 Living Wage $ increase from last year Percentage increase from last year Living Wage 2022 Clayoquot Sound $26.51 N/A N/A DID…
Understanding Precarity in BC
The Understanding Precarity in BC (UP-BC) partnership is a research and public engagement initiative investigating precarious work and multi-dimensional precarity in British Columbia.
Budget 2024: Canada needs to go all-in on green industrial policy
Prepared remarks for Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2024 Budget
Bill C-35 is a chance for the feds to fully implement accessible childcare—if they do it right
Presentation to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology consideration of Bill C-35
Fall update: Ontario’s projected deficit is an accounting fiction
Ontario government is squirreling money away while public services suffer
“Not broken, just underfunded”: for-profit care won’t reduce wait times, CCPA report says
TORONTO — The Ontario government’s plan to expand the use of for-profit corporations to provide surgeries and diagnostic procedures won’t reduce wait times and is…
Updates from the CCPA
Read the latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you.
CCPA Updates