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OTTAWA—On convient généralement à présent que le gouvernement fédéral encourra des déficits ces prochaines années, mais un rapport rendu public aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques...
November 25, 2008 | National Office
OTTAWA — While it is now generally acknowledged that the federal government is headed for deficit in the coming years, a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)...
November 25, 2008 | National Office
TORONTO – In Canada’s most expensive urban area, Ontario’s minimum wage falls far short of what families need for a decent standard of living, says the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The...
November 18, 2008 | Ontario Office
HALIFAX – Nova Scotians are working harder and smarter but the majority have been denied the fruits of the economic growth they’ve helped create, says a new report released today by the Canadian...
November 14, 2008 | Nova Scotia Office
HALIFAX – La productivité des travailleurs néo-écossais a augmentée de manière importante dans les dernières décennies, contribuant à un fort développement économique, mais la majorité d’entre eux...
November 14, 2008 | Nova Scotia Office
(Vancouver) Changes to BC’s carbon tax are needed in order to ensure people in different income groups pay a fair share, according to a new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy...
October 30, 2008 | BC Office
HALIFAX, October 28, 2008-Two specialists in industrial relations insist that compulsory arbitration is not a good substitute for the right to use strikes as a last resort if collective bargaining...
October 28, 2008 | Nova Scotia Office
TORONTO – The majority of Canadians believe Canada should try to distinguish itself in the world as a country where no one lives in poverty, according to an Environics Research poll conducted for the...
October 27, 2008 | National Office
(Vancouver) A new study calls on major public and private sector employers to pay a living wage that would lift low-income families out of poverty and severe financial stress. A living wage allows...
September 25, 2008 | BC Office
OTTAWA—Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released The Harper Record, the most comprehensive analysis of the Conservative minority government’s record to date. “Scheduled for...
September 23, 2008 | National Office
OTTAWA—The Harper government has become the first elected federal administration to experience a decline in average national productivity during its entire term in office since Statistics Canada...
September 10, 2008 | National Office
Water fountains are becoming an endangered species on university campuses across Canada. That’s one of the findings of a national on-line survey, Corporate Initiatives on Campus: A 2008 Snapshot,...
September 2, 2008 | National Office
VANCOUVER — Despite solid economic growth and low unemployment rates, BC is home to a growing number of casual workers who struggle to achieve economic security, according to a new study by two...
August 2, 2008 | BC Office
VICTORIA — Logging rates and forestland sales by the three largest private forestland owners on southern Vancouver Island pose grave risks to globally rare Douglas fir forests and to the region’s...
July 16, 2008 | BC Office
TORONTO – Les 10 % de Canadiens et de Canadiennes les plus riches créent une plus grande empreinte écologique – dans une proportion considérable de 66 % – que le ménage moyen au Canada, révèle une...
June 24, 2008 | National Office