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COVID-19 in Canada: Further immediate EI reforms needed to protect more workers
OTTAWA — A briefing note released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) recommends critical changes to the federal employment insurance (EI) program…
The Monitor, Mar/Apr 2020
Green New Deal, meet the Alternative Federal Budget Download 4.58 MB The idea of a Green New Deal—a radical and comprehensive transformation of the economy…
Work Life: How will the new federal government respond to an economic crisis?
This article first appears in The Monitor Jan/Feb 2020 Far from altering the risky behaviour that precipitated the 2008 financial crisis, bankers, financiers and corporate…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
January 2020 Download 2 MB12 pages In this issue: Celebrating excellence in research The Canada Pension Plan is fuelling the climate crisis Affordable non-market rental…
CCPA @ 40
When the CCPA was founded 40 years ago, it was in direct opposition to a handful of right-wing, “free market” policy groups who, despite being…
The Monitor, Jan/Feb 2020
New government, same climate emergency Download 8.99 MB The Monitor starts off 2020—the CCPA’s 40th anniversary year—with a direct attack on the Trudeau government’s contradictory…
Our Schools/Our Selves – Winter/Spring 2020
Out of Sorts The winter/spring 2020 issue focuses on the ways in which the neoliberal education agenda and austerity governments are reshaping education across the…
Canada’s Colour Coded Income Inequality
Download 716.92 KB 26 pages This report uses 2016 Census data to compare work and income trends among racialized and non-racialized Canadians. Overall, the report finds…
Fast Facts: From the Throne to the Kitchen Table
Are the priorities of the Manitoba government in line with Manitobans’ more broadly? This is the question asked last week by a diverse group of…
Beyond Neoliberalism: Toward a Trade Agenda for People and the Planet
The “Beyond Neoliberalism” workshop in Ottawa on October 30, 2019 was co-organized by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Trade Justice Network and Institute for…
Richer Than Ever
Setting the stage for the 2020 Ontario budget
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