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Peace, friendship and trust: Policing as treaty breaking
The resistance of Indigenous people, their memory of history, treaty, law, and land stewardship are being met with police violence.
The Saturday Debate: Is there a made-in-Canada solution to high inflation?
It’s 2022 and pandemic-weary Canadians are worried about inflation. In November, consumer prices were up 4.7 per cent compared to a year earlier, fuelled by…
The Monitor, January/February 2022
Twenty years of anti-terror legislation Download 4.17 MB In the aftermath of September 11, Canada’s Anti-terrorism Act (ATA), Bill C-36, received Royal Assent on December…
What can governments do to combat inflation? A lot
Tackling inflation can be part of a public-led recovery—it only requires government to reduce or maintain prices in areas they control.
Big Oil in City Hall
Climate and Energy Politics in the Queen City Download 2.46 MB32 pages Big Oil in City Hall: Climate and Energy Politics in the Queen City…
Ottawa still has money to fight COVID-19 and ensure a just recovery for all
Fall economic statement limits new long-term investments OTTAWA—Today’s fall economic statement shows that the federal government still has significant room to spend in the fight…
Not all provinces protect their poorest from inflation
Despite the likely transitory nature of this inflation, many of the poorest Canadians won’t be protected.
Fast Facts: Winnipeg poverty reduction plan needs financial commitment
On November 25th the City of Winnipeg passed its first ever poverty reduction strategy.
How Big Foreign Oil Captures Energy and Climate Policy (Part 1)
This is the first instalment in a series of excerpts from Gordon Laxer’s new report, “Posing as Canadian: How Big Foreign Oil captures energy and climate policy” — co-published…
New report reveals the pervasive influence of big foreign oil in Canadian politics
Ottawa – A new report by the Council of Canadians and the BC and Saskatchewan offices of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives exposes the far-reaching power of…
A Disproportionate Burden
COVID-19 labour market impacts on Indigenous and racialized workers in Canada Download 581.29 KB31 pages This report examines the racial and gender lines in Canada’s…
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