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Fast Facts: Budget 2016 – the waiting game
It will take more than one budget – hastily prepared – to fully appreciate the Conservatives’ master plan, but the Throne Speech, a fiscal update…
Through a Gender Lens
The 2016-2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Budget’s Impacts on Women Download 683.19 KB34 pages This study finds that the 2016-17 Newfoundland and Labrador budget will worsen…
Work Life: Business Wins Big – Throne Speech 2016
Throne speeches typically are run-of-the-mill exercises that say very little while evoking lofty ideals such as prosperity, innovation and “establishing an open principled government that…
UNSPUN: Community Benefits in Procurement
Elections are noisy and cluttered affairs that can make it difficult for some of the most promising, Manitoba-made policy innovations to get the attention they…
UNSPUN: Federal Budget 2016 – What it means for Manitoba
On March 22 the federal Liberals delivered a budget that signals the end of a long period of austerity. Past Liberal and Conservative federal governments…
Infographics: BC Budget 2016 promises a few drops in the bucket
British Columbians face serious challenges; unfortunately Budget 2016 offers small measures that do not address these challenges in a comprehensive manner. Read more in Iglika…
Budget 2016: A few small drops in the bucket
Victoria – Finance Minister Mike de Jong said today the true measure of a society is its willingness to “truly make a difference” in the…
BC’s job market is weaker than the government would like you to believe
Premier Christy Clark rarely misses a chance to take credit for BC’s recent economic growth and job creation numbers even though they have more to do with…
CCPA Submission to BC Budget Consultations 2016
Download 1.07 MB 17 pages Canada’s economy has disappointed in 2015, dipping into a recession in the first half of the year. BC’s economy is…
Party priorities in a word
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Harper government’s policy response to financial crisis scrutinized in new book
OTTAWA—Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released The Harper Record 2008-2015, a detailed account of the Conservative government’s economic, environmental, social, foreign policy and…
The Harper Record 2008 – 2015
Download 2.23 MB 432 pages This book, which builds on the 2008 collection The Harper Record, continues a 25-year tradition at the Canadian Centre for…
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