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Average rents in Ontario are rising by three times the provincial rent increase guideline, new CCPA report reveals
OTTAWA—Giant loopholes in Ontario’s rent control system mean tenants are paying average rent increases that are three times those allowed under the provincial rent increase…
Manitoba Budget Delivers on Healthcare but falls short on social deficit
For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One Territory):
2023 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia: Families Deserve Action, Not Excuses
Halifax/Kjipuktuk -The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released the 2023 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia, which records a historic single-year increase…
CCPA-NS Provincial Budget Submission
Nova Scotia’s financial situation continues to improve, which means the province has the financial capacity to act on pressing issues.
Women workers bear pandemic burden as hotel industry prospers
VANCOUVER – While BC’s accommodations and food services sector received over a billion dollars in government COVID-19 subsidies, women workers—predominantly racialized and immigrants—either lost their employment…
Canadian Dental Care Plan is underfunded by $1.45 billion, squeezing out 4.4 million uninsured Canadians
OTTAWA—The federal government’s new national public dental care plan is the most significant expansion of public health care in decades, but it’s not funded enough…
Canadian CEO pay breaks all records, reflecting a new Gilded Age for Canada’s rich: report
OTTAWA—Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs again broke every compensation record on the books in 2022, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy…
$20 billion LNG lawsuit exposes NAFTA’s toxic legacy: report
OTTAWA—Ruby River Capital’s $20 billion USD NAFTA challenge to Quebec’s decision to deny the firm’s controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) project exposes the dire threat…
Open Letter to Premier Wab Kinew and the Government of Manitoba: Invest in Manitoba and reverse the tax cuts
The following is an open letter to the Premier and Government of Manitoba. We are looking for more signatures to this letter, both organizations and…
Living Wage rising due to high costs of food rent – 2023 Update released today.
For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One): The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba (CCPA-MB) is releasing the 2023 living wage this morning, 10am at…
New Report- Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2023 Living Wages: Seeking a Better Deal for Low-Wage Workers
Today, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia released the first province-wide calculation for regionally-sensitive living wages in Newfoundland and Labrador. The living wage rates…
Media Advisory: Release of Living Wage 2023 Update on December 12th at 10:30 am
For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One): The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Manitoba office will be releasing the updated calculation of the Living Wage for…
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