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Contradictions in care: Labour conditions, conflicting values, and crisis in child protection social work in Nova Scotia
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report, Contradictions in care: Labour conditions, conflicting values, and crisis in child protection social…
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Canada’s GST tax holiday won’t do much for affordability
The following article is based on speaking notes from a presentation which the author gave to the Senate Committee on National Finance. The video of…
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What’s going on with Quebec’s latest secularism scandal?
Imagine sending your child to school only to find them caught in a political firestorm. That’s the reality for families at Bedford Elementary in Montreal,…
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Mapping Colonial Harms
Social emergencies on Manitoba First Nations are not unforeseen circumstances, predictable events that are rooted in colonial conditions.
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Trump crashes Canada’s Trans Pacific Partnership party
The federal government put on a brave face for last week’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Commission meeting in Vancouver. Prior to the November 27-28 gathering, Trade…
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Canada’s international student program engineers inequality
The International Student Program in Canada has long created challenging conditions for international students—they pay higher tuition fees than domestic students, have restricted access to…
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Canadian immigration policy is an impenetrable maze—and I’m trapped in it
On October 10, I received a short text message from Iran: “Uncle Reza passed away. I hope his memory lives on forever.” I didn’t know…
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What the U.S. election can teach us about durable climate policy
The following is a re-print of the October 2024 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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COP29 was a missed opportunity in escalating climate crisis
The COP29 Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, wrapped up last weekend. COP or Conference of the Parties, brings together countries which have ratified the 1992…
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Le pouvoir des pensions
La sécurité de la retraite est le rêve de tous les Canadiens, mais les employeurs, en particulier ceux du secteur privé, offrent de moins en…
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Canada is not ready for a collapse of the oil sands
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