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Free contraception is a win for all Canadians
Today, the federal government announced new legislation that lays the groundwork for universal, single-payer pharmacare in Canada and guarantees access in phase one to free birth control and diabetes medications….
A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery
Women hotel workers in B.C. share their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic Executive summary This report documents the experiences of women hotel workers—a group of women who have been deeply…
CCPA’s favourite graphs of 2023
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BC Issues: Cuts to Legal Aid
Issue #1 Read the news release here. Attachments BC Issues Primer: Cuts to Legal Aid…
Still in recovery
Assessing the pandemic’s impact on women If we’re going to close the gender gap, we need government action Executive summary The COVID-19 pandemic that swept the globe in 2020 not…
Parliament is resuming. What should progressives be watching for?
On Sept. 18, parliament comes back into session. It’s been a bit of a raucous summer—the opposition Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, are rising in the polls and the current…
The real world bears little resemblance to Barbie Land
Barbie is the runaway blockbuster of the summer. By September 4, box office returns were closing in on $1.4 billion worldwide—and that doesn’t even account for the revenue from the…
AFB 2024: Gender Equality
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Pat Armstrong can teach us about the road ahead
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Tired of Waiting: Rectifying Manitoba’s Pay Gap
Download 888.36 KB64 pages Pay discrimination and inequality persist in Manitoba, with women earning on average 71 per cent of what men earn. Pay inequity is a long-standing issue that…
How Feminist is the 2023 Federal Budget? It isn’t.
We have heard lots of rhetoric over the past two years about building a better future through investments in child care, health care and a net zero economy. But, as…
A bumpy ride
Tracking women’s economic recovery amid the pandemic Download 896.58 KB 31 pages This Labour Market Update looks at the experiences of female workers over the last two years, from 2019…
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