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Fast Facts: Manitoba Education Finance Mess
Thanks to the hard work of Manitoba Teachers, School Trustees. activists, and opposition parties, the hated Bill 64 is dead along with four other bad…
Tipping point: Pandemic forced restaurant and bar workers into better paying jobs
The consequences of low wages for job vacancy rates have worsened for low-wage employers.
Making History— Making an Impact
The 2020 Annual Report of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Download 547.06 KB 46 pages The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has come a…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
Download 1.79 MB12 pages In this issue: Canada’s road to zero carbon emissions is full of dangerous distractions Precedent-setting win for Blueberry First Nations From…
The false hopes and empty promises of investment treaty modernization
A Canadian company’s successful challenge to a precautionary mining ban in Colombia shows how little investor–state dispute panels care about the right to regulate.
Equal rights for migrant care workers
The case for immigration policy transformation Download 398.63 KB 21 pages Since the mid-1950s, the Canadian government has increasingly relied on precarious and/or temporary migrant…
Election planning: Ontario looks to Nova Scotia
Today’s Throne Speech was not a change of course so much as a change of emphasis.
Submission from the CCPA to Natural Resources Canada’s consultation on a people-centred just transition
‘There can be no just transition without a transition’ Download 93.09 KB5 pages Canada must wind down and ultimately phase out the vast majority of oil,…
Fast Facts: The Manitoba Government Has Its Head Stuck in the Sand When it Comes to Protecting the Source of Southeastern Manitoba’s Drinking Water
A version of this article was printed by the Winnipeg Free Press September 21, 2021 If there was ever a time for the Manitoba government…
Is There Value in Value for Money Assessments? Testing the VfM Test in Western Canada
Download 1.07 MB15 pages For governments that seek to defend the public-private partnership (P3) model and their continued use of it, the “value for money”…
Do P3 value-for-money tests have any value? Supposed impartial test approves P3 model 98 percent of the time.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT REGINA – For governments that seek to defend the public-private partnership (P3) model and their continued use of…
Settler work: Answering the call
Digging into reconciliation, the TRC calls to action and the role of settlers in repairing harm
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