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New study identifies more than $10 billion in savings on military equipment
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA— A new report, entitled Smart Defence: A plan for rebuilding Canada’s military, has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the…
Wealth advantage for Canada’s affluent starts at young age: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The wealth advantage for Canada’s affluent starts at a young age, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…
Low-wage work skyrocketing: Ontario study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO –The low-wage workforce in Ontario grew by 94 per cent over the past 17 years, vastly outstripping the growth in total employment which grew…
Specialist offers insight into lives of WorkSafe claimants with chronic pain: poverty, depression, suicide attempts
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A report released today takes an in-depth look at a sample of WCB (or Worksafe BC) claimants with chronic pain and raises…
TFSA analysis in Budget 2015 does a number on Canadians: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The federal budget’s claims regarding who would benefit from doubling the Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) annual contribution ceiling exclude key contextual data…
Study Reveals $20.10 an Hour to Earn a Living Wage in Halifax
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX, NS—In order to earn a living wage, a person working a full time, full year job in Halifax would need to be…
Stop tinkering and build an Early Learning and Child Care system: CCPA-NS
Current patchwork, market-based approach is failing province and families CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s market-based, patchwork approach to Early Learning and Child Care is…
Unionization key to Canadian middle class economics: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The share of unionized workers in Canada has dropped by only two percent over the past generation, but union representation dramatically affects workers’…
Living wage rises again in 2015
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is $20.68 per hour….
Nova Scotia’s Economic Tunnel Vision Threatens our Future
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—Nova Scotia suffers from tunnel vision on the economic problems and solutions facing the province. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia just…
Une contestation judiciaire lancée par des cliniques privées menace les soins de santé pour tous les Canadiens, selon un rapport
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT OTTAWA – Dès novembre 2015, la Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique commencera à entendre une contestation de la Medicare Protection Act (MPA) de la…
Private clinics court challenge threatens health care for all Canadians: report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—As early as November 2015, the British Columbia Supreme Court will begin hearing a challenge to the provincial Medicare Protection Act (MPA) that, if successful,…
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