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Cities could be the engines for addressing crises—if we push them
Cities are the locus of social, environmental, and economic struggles. There are three fundamental conflicts and challenges that are playing out in cities: inequality, climate…
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Cities are central to resolving the challenges of our time
Cities are a constant work in progress. Great cities attract great talent. They are where we find the most specialized health care. They provide for…
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Cities are central to capitalism—and could be central to its undoing
The decades after the French Revolution were tumultuous in Paris. Every few years, it seemed, the popular classes, made up of the poor and oppressed…
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Canadian policy innovations
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The intersectional city
Cities reflect the avoidable—yet escalating—inequality that stems from prioritizing financial profits over the well-being of people and our environment.
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Taking back our cities
When I was living in Edmonton, I managed to snag one of the (relatively) rare apartments in that city where you could walk to the…
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#Blocksidewalk, the last progressive NIMBY effort?
#Blocksidewalk was a grassroots campaign that formed in 2019 after a Toronto Star article reported that Google-subsidiary Sidewalk Labs was after hundreds of acres of publicly owned…
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The Cost of Poverty in Manitoba
Health costs $347 million Crime $197 million Opportunity Costs $1.6 billion Intergenerational $324 million Total cost of poverty in Manitoba $2.5 billion Cost per Manitoban $1,952 Poverty cost as a percent of Manitoba’s GDP…
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Time for a new public transit investment plan
Imagine being able to get from almost anywhere in BC to anywhere else on public transit, as one might in Europe or Asia. Or visitors…
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A return to cuts would be disastrous for BC and its economy
Under-investment in public services and infrastructure not only hurts BC families, it also hurts our economy. With the BC government projecting deficits in the latest…
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Falling Short: Troubles with the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in Nova Scotia
Falling Short: Troubles with the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in Nova Scotia is the third community report released by the Migrant Workers in the Canadian Maritimes Partnership.…
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How badly do we need roads?
The following is a re-print of the February 2024 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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