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Basic Income
Rethinking Social Policy Download 450.69 KB 62 pages This compendium offers a wide range of considerations that any government or policy maker attempting to embed…
A Policymaker’s Guide to Basic Income
Download 1022.54 KB 42 pages There has been a resurgence of political interest in Canada in the rather old idea of a universal basic income,…
New study sheds light on most effective approach to basic income
OTTAWA—As Canadian governments, including the province of Ontario, move forward with basic income pilot projects, a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) study reveals a…
Fast Facts: Honouring a Quiet Warrior – Larry Morrissette
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Sept 28, 2016 The recent death of Larry Morrissette is a major loss, not only to his family…
BC Commentary: A review of provincial social, economic and environmental trends
Fall 2016, Volume 19, Number 3 Download 1.45 MB8 pages Inside this issue: We can fix Vancouver’s broken housing market, by Marc Lee Working for…
Why progressives oppose Canada-EU trade deal
Photo credit: Olaf Brostowski, Flickr Creative Commons Seven years after negotiations began on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Trudeau government is…
Nobody’s Business: Airbnb in Toronto
It’s supposed to be a “home sharing” platform, but a small percentage of hosts account for just under half of all Toronto Airbnb revenue, according…
It’s time for a meaningful increase to BC’s minimum wage
Today, BC’s lowest paid workers get a 40-cent raise. The latest increase of the provincial minimum wage—now $10.85 per hour for most workers isn’t much…
Canada-EU trade deal will result in job losses, lower wages, and worse inequality
In Europe this weekend over 100,000 people are expected to protest the proposed Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). They are the latest in a series…
10 things to know about Canada’s national housing strategy consultations
Canada’s federal government has begun national consultations on the development of a “national housing strategy.” The government is expected to release a report on November…
New child benefit is good, not great
2013 2014 2017 pre-CCB 2017 post-CCB Actual 11.2% 8.5% Modelled by SPSD/M 8.6% 8.7% 7.6% 6.0% Modelled by ESDC unknown unknown Unknown…
Summary Evaluation of The Madison Congregate Housing
Download 1.58 MB12 pages This study evaluated The Madison, an 85 unit congregate housing apartment located in Winnipeg Manitoba, using qualitative methods and a cost-comparison…
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