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The Accountability and Oversight Gap in Saskatchewan’s Contract Roadbuilding System Download 1.1 MB20 pages This report identifies systemic neglect and carelessness within the Ministry of Highways…
Fast Facts: Rickety altar of balanced budgets
Manitoba’s Provincial Budget 2015 It is unfortunate that the sitting government has to waste valuable political capital maneuvering around obstructionist balanced budget legislation (BBL), but…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2015, Volume 18, Number 2 Download 2.04 MB8 pages Inside this issue: 11 things to know about Budget 2015 by Iglika Ivanova A YES…
A New Economy Needs Child Care
Download 498.17 KB10 pages This publication examines the Nova Scotia government’s investment in the early years, and finds that it is shamefully inadequate. The report…
Nova Scotia’s Economic Tunnel Vision Threatens our Future
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—Nova Scotia suffers from tunnel vision on the economic problems and solutions facing the province. The Canadian Centre…
2015 Ontario Budget Podcast
Listen in as Trish Hennessy sits down with CCPA-ON economists Sheila Block and Kaylie Tiessen to deconstruct the 2015 Ontario budget in this 13-minute shareable…
Federal budget creates surplus instead of jobs: think tank
OTTAWA—Today’s federal budget will do little to revitalize Canada’s sluggish job market and slow economic growth due to collapsing corporate investment in the tar sands,…
Federal budget priorities out of balance with economic, social realities: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Tomorrow’s federal budget may deliver a surplus but it will fall short on delivering solutions to many of…
A Better Balance
Five Items That Should Be in the Federal Budget But Won’t Be Download 91.77 KB7 pages This report contends that the 2015 federal budget may…
Infographic: Two Child Care Plans
Same cost, real difference Families in Canada deserve affordable child care, but costs vary widely across Canada. Many Canadians don’t know that Quebec has the…
Need to Rebalance the Nova Scotia Tax System for the Greater Good
HALIFAX— If Nova Scotia hopes to move forward, the current tax system must change. Cuts to corporate taxes and income taxes for the highest earners…
Nova Scotia Budget Watch 2015
Budget Primers In the lead-up to the release of the Nova Scotia provincial budget, the CCPA-NS has published a series of ‘budget watch’ primers to…
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