News Releases

Toronto—Cuatro mujeres lideresas en la primera línea de los esfuerzos cada vez más peligrosos para proteger los derechos y la naturaleza en Ecuador visitarán Canadá la próxima semana para hablar en...
September 26, 2024 | National Office
Toronto—Quatre militantes, en première ligne d’une lutte de plus en plus périlleuse pour protéger les droits humains et l’environnement en Équateur, se rendront au Canada la semaine prochaine. Celles...
September 26, 2024 | National Office
September 26 2024, 11:00 AM CST For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One):  New analysis released this morning by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Manitoba finds that 171,072 workers...
September 26, 2024 | Manitoba Office
Toronto—Four women leaders on the front lines of increasingly dangerous efforts to protect rights and the environment in Ecuador will visit Canada next week to speak out against intensifying trade...
September 26, 2024 | National Office
VANCOUVER — The federal government must ensure that just-announced pilot programs for migrant care workers are not the latest in a series of failed such programs, say researchers working with the...
September 25, 2024 | BC Office
OTTAWA—Nearly all minimum-wage workers putting in a standard 40-hour week in Canada face rents that exceed 30 per cent of their monthly pre-tax income, the standard measure of housing affordability....
September 25, 2024 | National Office
September 19 2024, 12:00 PM CST For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One):  Addressing a major gap in public conversation, a new report proposing a wide-reaching, publicly-supported retrofit...
September 19, 2024 | Manitoba Office
VANCOUVER - Scarce and expensive housing is eroding the province’s liveability and economy and the skyrocketing price of homes has become a source of enormous wealth inequality, says a new report...
September 18, 2024 | BC Office
 OTTAWA—As parliament resumes this week and sparks pre-election positioning for Canada’s political parties, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has released its annual Alternative...
September 17, 2024 | National Office
HALIFAX/K’jipuktuk – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released its annual living wage update for Newfoundland and Labrador, in a report that also includes living wages for...
August 28, 2024 | Nova Scotia Office
HALIFAX/K’jipuktuk – For the first time since 2020, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released the living wage for Prince Edward Island. The report—which, for the first time...
August 28, 2024 | Nova Scotia Office
Halifax/Kjipuktuk—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released its annual living wage update for Nova Scotia—which, for the first time, provides a broad regional assessment...
August 27, 2024 | Nova Scotia Office
HALIFAX/K’jipuktuk – A new publication, Atlantic Canadians need a raise: One-third of workers earn less than $20 an hour, from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia underscores the...
July 23, 2024 | Nova Scotia Office
Vancouver — Changes to BC’s personal tax system since 2017 have improved tax fairness, benefiting low- and middle-income earners the most while the richest 1% are paying more. However, the wealthiest...
July 23, 2024 | BC Office
HALIFAX/K’jipuktuk – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia Office released a new report today on the state of municipalities in Nova Scotia ahead of municipal elections in October...
July 2, 2024 | Nova Scotia Office

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