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Christopher Walmsley
Dr. Christopher Walmsley is professor emeritus, Thompson Rivers University.
Millions of workers face tough choices as high-risk work re-opens during COVID-19
1.7 million workers may have to choose between health or income, if no modifications to CERB OTTAWA – As provinces begin re-opening, following a COVID-19 enforced shutdown that protected millions…
Made-in-Canada solution needed to ensure masks and other essential medical supplies there for next pandemic, says CCPA
VANCOUVER – Canada should aim to become completely self-sufficient in producing masks and other essential medical supplies needed during pandemics and rely on the country’s forest industry—not its oil industry—to…
Working multiple jobs to make ends meet in BC
—With partial reopening on the horizon, more workers may be vulnerable than official statistics suggest— VANCOUVER – The need to work multiple jobs to make ends meet has contributed to…
Re-imagining Long-term Residential Care in Canada
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—The COVID-19 crisis offers an opportunity to create a new, better normal at Canadian long-term residential care facilities, according to a new background report released…
Ontario needs to spend at least $58 million more a month to fix long-term care staffing crisis: CCPA
TORONTO – As the COVID-19 death toll mounts, the Ontario government must immediately spend at least $58 million more a month on staffing to help save the lives of seniors…
Without new rules, COVID-19 will mean windfall profits for payday lenders: CCPA report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA— Canada’s payday loan companies will see windfall profits at the expense of low- and moderate-income people if governments don’t take immediate steps…
Unemployment rate has likely already doubled, 2 million workers at immediate risk of layoff in Canada: Analysis
As essential public health measures to contain the virus continue, new Canada Emergency Response Benefit is a positive development OTTAWA—New analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) estimates…
Les frais de garde d’enfants demeurent élevés au Canada: des mesures gouvernementales bien ciblées peuvent les réduire: étude
Chute de 24 % des tarifs pour les enfants d’âge scolaire à St. John’s; tarifs élevés à Toronto et peu de changement dans les autres villes ontariennes. CLIQUEZ ICI POUR…
Urgent action needed on income inequality in Nova Scotia: New report raises alarm, provides practical tool to tackle it
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—In partnership with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report today…
Managed wind-down of BC’s fossil fuel industries good for climate, jobs and communities, new report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER — If BC is to meet its emissions targets and not perpetuate the climate crisis, it must phase out its fossil fuel industries by…
Three decades lost
Less than 1% reduction in child poverty in Nova Scotia since 1989 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax – In Nova Scotia there are 40,710 children or close…
Oil Industry Influence in Saskatchewan public schools: Report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT REGINA—With climate and energy issues dominating much of the political debate, the question of how and what students learn about these issues in…
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