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Cambie Corp. Goes to Court
The Legal Assault on Universal Health Care Download 712.52 KB 40 pages This report examines recent attempts by private sector advocates to challenge the right…
The Feeling’s Not Mutual
The High Costs of Canada’s Mutual Fund Based Retirement System Download 461.62 KB22 pages This study compares the management fees charged by mutual funds and…
Infographic: RRSPs vs. Pensions
Your golden years may be farther off than you think. Canada has the highest equity mutual fund fees in the world. In fact, they’re so…
Getting the Design Right on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP)
Ontario Ministry of Finance consultation, February 13, 2015 Download 859.59 KB7 pages The Ontario government has been consulting on how to design the province’s proposed…
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain
The Privatization of Hospital Laundry Services in Saskatchewan Download 603.24 KB24 pages The government’s plan to privatize hospital laundry services will have a negative impact…
CCPA-BC submission to the Select Standing Committee on Health
How can we create a cost-effective system of primary and community care built around interdisciplinary teams? Download 768.64 KB 27 pages The BC Office of…
How Ontario can create an effective public pension plan
As Ontario begins work on an expanded public pension plan, the case for a comprehensive public plan couldn’t be clearer: the private sector is not…
Affordable Access to Medicines
A Prescription for Canada Download 181.94 KB8 pages This report reviews research detailing the financial and social impacts of national pharmacare implementation abroad, and shifts…
Fast Facts: What we Need in the Throne Speech
An issue that needs to be addressed in the forthcoming Throne Speech on November 20th, is the persistence in Manitoba of a deep, complex and…
Time to move beyond the debate on assisted suicide
The long smouldering debate on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) flared up early this summer when on June 5 the Quebec National Assembly passed Bill 52, An…
2014 living wage calculation: Parents need two minimum wage jobs each to support a family in Metro Vancouver
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in…
Risky Business
Canada’s Retirement Income System Download 497.98 KB24 pages This report reviews the performance of the three components of Canada’s retirement income system: Old Age Security;…
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