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Refugees welcome? Comparing Canadian policy on Palestinian and Ukrainian refugees
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Are municipal politics already partisan?
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Democrats’ disastrous presidential campaign shows how not to defeat the far right
“We just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America,” said incoming Vice-President JD Vance, standing alongside a triumphant…
Justice Murray Sinclair’s legacy must live on
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With COP29 coming, where does Canada stand on its climate commitments?
The UN climate change conference, COP 29, is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11-22 as fossil fuels dominated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are driving the…
Honouring reproductive rights and freedoms
With reproductive rights being a central issue in the upcoming US election, the work of the Women’s Health Clinic (WHC) in Manitoba highlights the fragility…
Time to End Tax Cuts and Invest in Public Services
The cumulative impact of decades of regressive tax cuts has created the severe social, economic, and environmental problems seen daily in Manitoba. Tax cuts are…
Saskatchewan’s urban/rural divide is a lot older than this election
The following text is an edited excerpt from a yet-untitled forthcoming book on Saskatchewan politics.
The fossil fuel industry’s deep reach into higher education
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Do we need a Ministry for the Future?
The following is a re-print of the July 2024 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
What does the U.S. election mean for Canadian climate action?
The United States is the second largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions in the world after China, and it is the country with the greatest cumulative responsibility for climate…
Canada Disability Benefit
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is a charitable research institute and Canada’s leading source of progressive policy ideas, whose work is rooted in the…
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