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Avoid Austerity: Keep Newfoundland and Labrador’s economy strong, says report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. St. John’s, NL—At a time when global austerity measures are causing profound hardship among populations and are proving harmful to…
Prosperity for All
An Alternative Economic Path for Newfoundland and Labrador Download 1.33 MB 52 pages This report finds that public spending cuts could deeply damage Newfoundland and…
Austerity doing Ontario more harm than good: report
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT. TORONTO – Ontario’s experiment with austerity in 2012 is contributing to an economic slowdown that demands a different…
More Harm Than Good
Austerity’s Impact in Ontario Download 558.47 KB36 pages This report shows that Ontario hasn’t returned to pre-recession economic health. Austerity measures are compounding the problem,…
The “Big Business Bang” Theory
Social, economic, environmental ills all have the same cause [An earlier version of the following essay was written seven years ago, but this updated version…
The Bitumen Cliff
Lessons and Challenges of Bitumen Mega-Developments for Canada’s Economy in an Age of Climate Change Download 2.51 MB102 pages The failure to carefully regulate the…
CETA: Constraining Manitoba’s Economic Prospects and Policy Options
Download 1.2 MB 42 pages This report also examines the potential impact of providing foreign investors with increased access to public procurement and the impact…
Investor vs. State Arbitrations
Suing governments a billion-dollar global corporate bonanza The North American Free Trade Agreement was the first of a New World Order of trade agreements designed…
Creating Opportunities with Green Jobs
The story of BUILD and BEEP Download 1.33 MB52 pages Social enterprises have emerged as viable business models that create a blended return on investment…
Beyond Austerity – Trish Hennessy
CCPA-Ontario Director Trish Hennessy summarized the “Ontario 2013: Toward a Post-Austerity Vision” core message in this two-minute video blog, originally posted on www.ontarionewswatch.com. Beyond Austerity…
Beyond Austerity – Jim Stanford
CAW economist Jim Stanford, the CCPA-Ontario’s Advisory Board chair, showed how the austerity response to the 2008 recession has negative side effects on the economy…
Beyond Austerity – Hugh Mackenzie
CCPA economist Hugh Mackenzie schooled the room on the manufactured deficit crisis at the “Ontario 2013: Toward a Post-Austerity Vision” session. Challenging the Numbers –…
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