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The Monitor, September/October 2022
The Politics of Affordability Download 4.07 MB Issue highlights: The devil’s crowbar: “the battle against inflation is not merely about taming the cost of living,”…
Nearly $400 million in public funds flowed to for-profit surgical and diagnostic clinics in BC over the last six years, new research reveals
Surgical centres engaged in unlawful extra-billing among those who benefited from government outsourcing READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) Health authority contracts with for-profit surgical…
Manitoba fails to adequately raise Minimum Wage
For Immediate Release (Winnipeg): The Manitoba government’s minimum wage announcement today will not cover the massive cost of living increases low-income workers face in 2022.…
NS Solutions: News and Commentary from the CCPA’s NS Office, August 2022
In this issue: Putting continuity in continuing care Nova Scotia’s homecare system needs more public funding and oversight Priorities that should have been reflected in the Nova…
The Monitor, July/August 2022
The Future of Growth Download 4.32 MB Issue highlights: The benefits of an inclusive infrastructure model: Part of a trilogy: 1) Trish Hennessy examines promising…
Corporate profits capturing more of economic recovery compared to any recession in last half century
Corporate profits are capturing more economic growth than in any previous post-recession recovery period over the past 50 years; workers are capturing among the least…
Action needed to address the low-wage economy—inaction has a collective price tag
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX – Today, in advance of a presentation to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Canadian Centre for Policy…
More potentially fatal landslides and severe flooding ahead unless BC government enacts major reforms, experts warn
VANCOUVER — Several engineers and geoscientists say some of the worst flooding and landslides in BC last November were in valleys with land disturbances related…
A Living Wage for Regina is $16.23/hour, Saskatoon is $16.89 per hour: Report
REGINA – The Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives calculates that a family of four would require a living wage of $16.23…
Winnipeg at a Crossroads
Alternative Municipal Budget 2022 Download 3.65 MB150 pages The 2022 Winnipeg Alternative Municipal Budget is a community effort co-written by 27 authors from 18 community…
The Monitor, May/June 2022
Hatred unmasked: Tracking the rise of right-wing extremism in Canada Download 4.99 MB Issue highlights: The wellness-to-white-supremacy pipeline is alive and well. Stacy Lee Kong’s examines…
Groups urge government to immediately disclose how much subsidies are propping up Drax Group, BC’s largest wood pellet producer
VANCOUVER — The BC government must immediately disclose how many logs from publicly owned forests are turned directly into wood pellets at mills owned by the …
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