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Costing the recovery
David Macdonald’s presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance on March 18, 2021 regarding Bill C-14 and COVID-19 spending.
Some BC child care fee increases among the highest in Canada
Canada’s child care sector struggling under weight of COVID-19 VANCOUVER — Like in many Canadian cities, full-time licensed child care in BC is struggling under…
Nova Scotia’s Child Care Sector Needs Urgent Investment
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a report today that provides evidence that without urgent investment we risk losing the child care spaces we…
Sounding the Alarm
COVID-19’s impact on Canada’s precarious child care sector Download 718.73 KB45 pages Every year since 2014, the CCPA has surveyed child care fees in order…
Clarity on Manitoba’s COVID spending
On March 10th, 2021 in the Manitoba Legislature Question Period, Premier Pallister cited a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and claimed…
Canada’s child care sector struggling under weight of COVID-19
Preschool-age fees rise in 27 of 37 large Canadian cities while many sites face existential crisis READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Full-time licensed child care…
Tirer la sonnette d’alarme
Répercussions de la COVID-19 sur le secteur des services de garde à l’enfance au Canada Download 754.5 KB52 pages Chaque année depuis 2014, nous sondons…
Women – the real economic shock absorbers in Canada’s economy
The COVID-19 pandemic is shaping up to be a significant setback for women’s economic security, and those facing intersecting systemic discrimination are suffering the largest and most profound losses and face the greatest difficulties emerging from the crisis.
Balanced budget painted Saskatchewan into a corner
Who could have predicted that a pandemic would be so unpredictable?
Responses to the crisis in women’s employment: Do they measure up?
Governments need to step up to address both the immediate economic needs the pandemic has created and the longer-term, equitable recovery this crisis requires.
Balanced budget painted Saskatchewan into a corner
While it is a running joke that we have been living in the month of March for the past year, Premier Scott Moe’s comments on…
Ten things to know about the 2021 Alberta budget
Here are 10 things worth knowing about the latest Alberta budget, its major changes to spending and taxation, and its projected deficit of $18.2 billion.
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