News Releases
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 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...
June 18, 2024 |
BC Office VANCOUVER — The minimum wage may be going up on Saturday, but one third of employed British Columbians are not earning a living wage, show new statistics released by the Canadian Centre for Policy...
May 30, 2024 |
BC Office OTTAWA—The Canadian government shouldn't be passive in the upcoming Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) review process; it should strive to make the trade agreement more worker- and climate-friendly...
May 30, 2024 |
National Office OTTAWA— The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out 35 years of women’s economic gains in two short months, and a significant number of women in the workforce today have not yet recovered, says a new report from...
May 8, 2024 |
National Office April 30 2024, 10:00 AM CST For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One): A new survey released today finds that most Manitobans support extending employment rights held by employees to gig workers...
April 30, 2024 |
Manitoba Office