National Office News Releases

OTTAWA – Far from being a pro-labour trade deal, as the Canadian and U.S. governments claim, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
July 21, 2016 | National Office
OTTAWA – As global debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) intensifies, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds the agreement will negatively impact the Canadian...
July 7, 2016 | National Office
OTTAWA—The expanded rights granted to foreign investors in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) carry major risks for voters and taxpayers in TPP countries, says a study released today by the Canadian...
June 14, 2016 | National Office
(OTTAWA) A new study by veteran earth scientist David Hughes finds that Canada cannot meet its global climate commitments while at the same time ramping up oil and gas extraction and building new...
June 2, 2016 | National Office, BC Office
(Ottawa) Une nouvelle étude signée par le vétéran géologue et spécialiste des ressources David Hughes conclut que le Canada ne peut respecter ses engagements à l’égard du climat mondial tout en...
June 2, 2016 | National Office, BC Office
OTTAWA – In the midst of the federal government’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) consultations, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) sheds further doubt on claims the...
May 31, 2016 | National Office
OTTAWA – Pendant les consultations que mène le gouvernement fédéral sur le Partenariat transpacifique (PTP), une nouvelle étude du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) remet en question...
May 31, 2016 | National Office
OTTAWA—Indigenous children in Canada are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous children, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)....
May 17, 2016 | National Office
OTTAWA – Les enfants autochtones du Canada sont deux fois et demie plus susceptibles de vivre dans la pauvreté que les enfants non autochtones, a révélé une étude dévoilée aujourd’hui par le Centre...
May 17, 2016 | National Office
OTTAWA—As parliamentary consultations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) begin, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) raises questions about the deal’s consequences...
April 21, 2016 | National Office
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung (German Forum on Environment & Development) and the Transnational...
April 19, 2016 | National Office
OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Bleyer as its new Executive Director. “We are excited to welcome Peter to the CCPA,” says...
April 14, 2016 | National Office
OTTAWA – A new report, entitled Canadians Abroad: A Policy and Legislative Agenda, has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The report,...
March 29, 2016 | National Office
OTTAWA—Today’s federal budget delivers on poverty reduction, makes important steps towards reducing inequality, and addresses decades of underfunding and neglect on reserves. However, delaying...
March 22, 2016 | National Office
A new study on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) questions why Canada agreed on a weaker approach to protecting culture in the...
March 17, 2016 | National Office