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A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery
Women hotel workers in B.C. share their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic Executive summary This report documents the experiences of women hotel workers—a group of women who have been deeply…
Bleeding the patient: tracking five years of Ontario revenue reductions
With Ontario’s 2024 pre-budget consultations well under way, it’s time to think hard about public services in this province—and how we fund them. Public services aren’t free. If we want…
Striking Saskatchewan teachers are fighting for students, too
For the first time in more than a decade and for only the fourth time since 1973, people in Saskatchewan are facing interruptions to schooling due to teacher labour unrest. While…
Canadian Dental Care Plan is underfunded by $1.45 billion, squeezing out 4.4 million uninsured Canadians
OTTAWA—The federal government’s new national public dental care plan is the most significant expansion of public health care in decades, but it’s not funded enough to include everyone who needs…
Missing teeth
Canada is expanding public health coverage to dental care—but it’s not universal. Missing Teeth 2024.PDFDownload Executive summary As part of the March 2022 Liberal-NDP Supply and Confidence Agreement, the federal government…
Ed Broadbent, principled social democracy advocate
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Canadian CEO pay breaks all records, reflecting a new Gilded Age for Canada’s rich: report
Read the full report online here. OTTAWA—Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs again broke every compensation record on the books in 2022, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for…
Canada’s new gilded age
Executive summary This report examines CEO compensation in Canada, looking at the pay packages of Canada’s highest-paid 100 CEOs in 2022, the most recent year of data. It was another…
Falling Behind: What Explains a Wave of Strikes in Rural Manitoba School Divisions
Download 676.25 KB 24 pages This report calls on the provincial government to work with school divisions, unions, and the ministry of education to equalize wages for educational support staff…
Tax cuts true threat to Manitoba’s finances
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press December 18, 2023 Given the recent historic swing in the projected government deficit, Manitobans would be forgiven for thinking they must have missed…
Toxic legacy
Énergie Saguenay, climate action and investment arbitration A record-breaking trade lawsuit against Canada confirms the dire threat that investor-state dispute settlement poses to bold climate action Summary Ruby River Capital’s…
$20 billion LNG lawsuit exposes NAFTA’s toxic legacy: report
OTTAWA—Ruby River Capital’s $20 billion USD NAFTA challenge to Quebec’s decision to deny the firm’s controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) project exposes the dire threat that investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)…
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