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Few jobs, massive emissions from oil and gas: look to green investments for stronger economy, says report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Accelerated oil and gas extraction will boost profits but won’t drive major employment gains, says a report released…
Time for an adult conversation on the fallout from the petro-boom
Thomas Mulcair’s claim that the Canadian manufacturing sector has been adversely affected by fallout from the Alberta petro-boom— through a mechanism known to economists as…
Austerity’s Discontents
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…
Mexico’s middle class gaining from economic growth; Canada and the U.S. trailing
HALIFAX –– An examination of income inequality in North America reveals that Mexico is the only part of the continent where the middle class has…
Look at the other side of the petrodollar coin
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty recently spoke publicly about the problems Canada’s oil-powered currency was causing for his province’s manufacturing industry. But his words were drowned…
Clearing Away the Fog
Government Estimates of Job Losses Download 237.89 KB5 pages This report analyzes data from the government’s 2012-13 Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPP), as well…
Federal documents reveal 29,600 job cuts by 2015
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The total number of federal core public service job losses over the next three years will be 29,600—far…
Moving Towards Climate Justice, Overcoming Barriers to Change: Seth Klein’s speech to the Institute for New Economic Thinking
CCPA-BC Director Seth Klein speaks at the annual meeting of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (an international gathering of leading economists) in Berlin. His…
Brief Presented to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Download 214.99 KB 8 pages This brief, presented to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, analyzes the impact of key measures in…
Managing Oil Wealth
The Alberta/Canada Model vs. the Norwegian model The post-2000 petroleum-led resource boom is substantially reshaping the Canadian economy. It has driven up the dollar exchange…
Dévoilement du sauvetage secret des banques du Canada
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA – Dans une étude dévoilée aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), les auteurs calculent l’ampleur auparavant…
The Big Banks’ Big Secret
Estimating government support for Canadian banks during the financial crisis Download 2.14 MB46 pages Throughout the 2008-2010 financial crisis, Canadian banks were touted by the…
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