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Working together for fairness is possible: CCPA-NS shows the way
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax, NS – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia is pleased to release our latest…
Working Together For Fairness
Download 1020.13 KB 52 pages This report critically analyzes the current Nova Scotia government’s record in five policy areas (health care, jobs and the economy,…
Depositors Beware
Cyprus-style bank “bail-ins” now also approved for Canada One of our most solidly entrenched assumptions, going back even to childhood, is that when we deposit…
SaskNotes: The Great Wall Ties Chairman Calvert’s Five-Year Plan
Employment Growth in the New Saskatchewan Download 390.61 KB5 pages Is the Wall government playing a shell game with provincial employment numbers? The government regularly…
The Latin American Revolution (Part XX)
Union in Colombia battles anti-union Canadian oil company In May 2012, the third edition of my report Profiting from Repression: Canadian Investment in and Trade…
What Price, Austerity?
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
It Pays To Pay A Living Wage
Canadian communities are embracing “living wage” campaigns Work should lift us out of poverty. It’s a simple aspiration, an equation many of us believe in,…
Bob Allen: Global Economic History (Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture)
Bob Allen: Global Economic History — A Very Short Introduction, Clip 1 of 4 Bob Allen: Global Economic History — A Very Short Introduction, Clip…
The Age of Austerity
Despite austerity’s failure, politicians still won’t scrap it We are living in the “Age of Austerity” – or at least so says David Cameron, the…
The Corporate Frankenstein Monster
Plundering, pillaging, and polluting the planet for profit Three decades ago, when I started sounding the alarm about the growth of corporate power, very few…
Canada’s Carbon Liabilities
The Implications of Stranded Fossil Fuel Assets for Financial Markets and Pension Funds Download 1.57 MB 58 pages This study looks at the implications of…
Fossil fuel divestment necessary in order to avoid “carbon bubble”: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Canada’s economy is experiencing a “carbon bubble” that could have significant consequences for Canada’s financial markets and pension…
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