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The Monitor, July/August 2020
How to End Canada’s Long-term Care Crisis Download 5.27 MB The summer issue of the Monitor features two previously published reports on the crisis in Canada’s nursing…
The racism behind Japanese Canadian internment can’t be forgotten
When John Horgan talked about BC’s historic racism, he failed to mention Japanese Canadians. Here’s why it matters. Premier John Horgan began a June 3rd…
The BC Government and the Dispossession of Japanese Canadians (1941–1949)
Download 3.7 MB32 pages This publication is based on a series of opinion pieces written by John Price that ran in the Victoria Times Colonist…
Defunding the police: What will it mean for survivors of sexual violence?
The recent killing of unarmed Black Americans George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police officers sparked a new wave of Black Lives Matter protests around the…
A wealth tax on the super rich is within reach
If anything is clear in this pandemic, Canada needs a wealth tax on the super rich to rein in extreme inequality and contribute to crucial…
Social Impact Bonds and the Financing of Child Welfare Revisited
Download 674.03 KB20 pages Social Impact Bonds are being used by governments to fund important initiatives to unify families and prevent child apprehensions. This paper…
Fast Facts: Towards restarting disability supports in Manitoba in the COVID-19 Era
On March 18, Day Support Programs providing supports to persons with intellectual disabilities went in to critical service mode. The move to critical services meant…
To fund a just recovery, we can learn from our fiscal past
As several provinces have begun to loosen lockdown measures, thoughts turn to what Canada’s recovery will look like. WilI the massive disruptions we are experiencing…
Needed now: A feminist recovery plan
Five key takeaways from May’s Labour Force Survey report
Statement from the CCPA on systemic state violence and anti-Black racism
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is angered and outraged by ongoing police violence and brutality against Black citizens and protestors across the continent. And…
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