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What was the point of Canada’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement?
December 16, 2024 was a raucous day in Ottawa, with the sudden departure of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on the morning she was scheduled to…
Justice Murray Sinclair’s legacy must live on
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Canada Disability Benefit
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is a charitable research institute and Canada’s leading source of progressive policy ideas, whose work is rooted in the…
The Trudeau Record: Promise v. Performance
The record of what has been done–and what hasn’t–will surprise even well-informed readers. The book is on shelves now. Readers should check out their local…
Surging youth unemployment demands our full attention
Young people have been hit hard by unemployment this summer, according to July’s labour force report. With the school year set to begin, many young…
Beyond Recovery Data Dashboard
Women’s economic standing in Canada in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
Unequal pandemic, unequal recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic that swept the globe in 2020 not only threatened people’s health but exposed and exacerbated entrenched inequalities. Women bore the brunt.
A timeline: The pandemic’s impact on women in the workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic upended women’s economic gains, wiping out 35 years of progress in two short months.
Work in progress
The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out 35 years of women’s economic gains in two short months. At the height of the lockdown, women were working 27 per cent…
Budget 2024: Has the government seen the light?
Housing and affordability top every public opinion poll as the most pressing issues impacting people’s lives today. The federal government has struggled to respond—introducing a…
Free contraception is a win for all Canadians
“Right now, Canada is the only country with universal health care that does not offer coverage for prescription drugs, including contraceptives.
CCPA’s favourite graphs of 2023
From every office – CCPA researchers picked their favourite graphs of the past year.
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