News Releases
OTTAWA and HALIFAX — An expert who has been tracking 75 years of income inequality and economic growth argues Canada is on the brink of a massive change in policy direction as a result of COVID-19’s...
March 2, 2021 |
National Office
For Immediate Release (Winnipeg): The province of Manitoba’s commissioned
Economic Review of Bipole III and Keeyask report by Brad Wall recommends privatization of Manitoba Hydro, the province’s...
February 26, 2021 |
Manitoba Office VANCOUVER — The 150th anniversary of British Columbia joining Canada arrives at a time when people and institutions are being asked to reckon with the foundational impacts of racism in our society....
February 25, 2021 |
BC Office VANCOUVER — Vast swaths of forest in British Columbia’s Fort Nelson region are in danger of being gobbled up to make low-value, climate-unfriendly wood pellets with the provincial government...
February 17, 2021 |
BC Office VANCOUVER—Major companies including mining juggernaut Teck Resources, the world’s largest aluminum maker Rio Tinto Alcan and natural gas processor WestCoast Energy Inc. pay shockingly little for...
February 3, 2021 |
BC Office OTTAWA––Canada has earmarked $374 billion between federal and provincial governments in direct COVID-19 emergency spending, but almost every province is sitting on unspent funds, according to a new...
January 26, 2021 |
National Office OTTAWA – Selon une nouvelle étude du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), bien que le Canada ait affecté 374 milliards de dollars entre les gouvernements fédéral et provinciaux aux...
January 26, 2021 |
National Office OTTAWA––Heading into the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs made 202 times more than the average worker made in 2019, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy...
January 4, 2021 |
National Office December 9, 2020
Halifax/Wolfville– In Nova Scotia there are 41,370 children who live in poverty based on the most recent data. The 2020 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia reveals...
December 9, 2020 |
Nova Scotia Office Following 50th anniversary of the Release of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women report, support for women in the economy is greatly needed.
December 8, 2020
OTTAWA, ON — With the Throne...
December 8, 2020 |
National Office VANCOUVER—The promised economic benefits from coal mines in northeastern British Columbia (BC) are wildly overstated, while mining company pledges to protect vulnerable wildlife species are rarely...
December 3, 2020 |
BC Office TORONTO, VANCOUVER—Two veteran seniors care researchers have detailed federally mandated standards to reform long-term care amid a second wave of COVID-19 in a new discussion paper by the Canadian...
November 23, 2020 |
National Office HALIFAX, NS/CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI—In order to earn a living wage, a person working a full time, full year job in Charlottetown would need to be paid $19.30 an hour, according to a new report released...
November 2, 2020 |
Nova Scotia Office VANCOUVER - The assumptions underlying the federal government’s $12.6 billion commitment to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX) no longer stand up in 2020, according to a new report...
October 29, 2020 |
BC Office VANCOUVER - Les prévisions qui sous-tendent l’engagement de 12,6 milliards de dollars du gouvernement fédéral à l’égard du projet de doubler la capacité de l’oléoduc Trans Mountain (TMX) ne tiennent...
October 29, 2020 |
BC Office