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Join the CCPA SK for a conversation with Nora Loreta and Jeet Heer
Join the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives—CCPA Saskatchewan—for a lively and feisty evening of cocktails and conversation with two of Canada’s brightest thinkers.
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Tax cuts are alive and well in this federal election, but who benefits? (Hint: Look up, way up)
The first full day on the election trail and both the Liberals and Conservatives have pledged the same thing: to change the personal income tax…
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Our political imagination is failing the Trump test
The following is a re-print of the January 2025 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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How Health Canada can improve transparency in drug inspections
We all want to be sure that when we take medications, they have been manufactured under what are commonly known as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).…
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Canadian icons
We asked Canadians to tell us about their perceptions of public service broadcasting and CBC/Radio-Canada
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Social housing can help Trump-proof Canadian’s well-being
In the face of political and economic threats from the United States, most Canadians agree on two things: Canada’s sovereignty is non-negotiable, and Canada’s housing…
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Bang for our buck
Public broadcast funding in Canada is good value for Canadians
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Mixed signals
With a growing number of communities who are deprived of local news, Hamilton offers an example of how Canada’s public broadcaster could step in.
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Manitoba Budget 2025
Budget 2025 takes further steps towards repairing public services while also providing stimulus for the provincial economy to counter 25% tariffs from the United States…
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News deprivation
The last 16 years have not been kind to local news outlets in Canada. Now 2.5 million Canadians don’t have access to local news. That’s a problem for our democracy.
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Signaux contradictoires
Depuis deux décennies, Hamilton tente d’obtenir une station de radio locale de CBC. Les réponses apportées à ses demandes sont un exemple édifiant de l’approche…
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A eulogy for carbon pricing–and what comes next
Canada’s bold experiment with carbon pricing is over, pulled by new Prime Minister Mark Carney to remove a controversial wedge issue before the coming federal…
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