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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…
How employers of Temporary Foreign Workers get away with low pay and bad working conditions
Canada’s controversial Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program is once again under the microscope with the release of a Parliamentary Committee report last week. While the report recommends…
Ontario minimum wage goes up by 15 cents: shopping spree?
On October 1, the 800,000+ workers who earn the minimum wage in Ontario will get a raise, but don’t celebrate too quickly: it’s going up by…
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…
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…
Work Life: City of Winnipeg should study benefits of in-house waste collection
This fall Winnipeg City Council will determine the future of waste and recycling collection in our city. Current contracts with Emterra Environmental and Progressive Waste…
Video – Creating Pride Through Decent Work in Manitoba
Social Enterprises in Manitoba Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba office interviews Social Enterprise participants from Build and Manitoba Green Retrofit. Great stories and great…
Work Life: Manitoba Youth Crisis Workers Left in Limbo
Manitoba Government and General Employees Union members at Macdonald Youth Services (Local 221), who provide crisis intervention services to youth and families in Winnipeg, walked…
Reliance on tipping creates inequity and leaves workers vulnerable
Recently tipping in the restaurant industry has been the subject of two national opinion polls, both of which suggest the public is divided on the…
Work Life: What’s At Stake At Canada Post?
by David Camfield, Labour Studies and Sociology, University of Manitoba The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is currently engaged in collective bargaining with Canada…
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