National Office Updates
The Toronto Star today published an interesting story on the ongoing austerity measures happening in Europe. Canada has yet to fully experience our own austerity measures although big cutbacks are...
November 9, 2011 |
National Office Income inequality is the worst it’s been in 90 years, worse even than at its previous peak in the Roaring Twenties. As the gap widens between the rich and poor, economists predict growing unrest in...
November 7, 2011 |
National Office As of November 3rd, CCPA economist Armine Yalnizyan will appear every Thursday on the CBC News Network’s The Lang & O'Leary Exchange. Tune in to watch Armine bring a progressive perspective to...
November 3, 2011 |
National Office We hope you can join us November 10th in Toronto for (In)Equality Matters: Social Justice and the Economy.
Incensed by skyrocketing corporate profits and plummeting average incomes? Think wealthy...
October 28, 2011 |
National Office, Ontario Office Every year the federal finance committee invites different groups to submit their budget ideas. The theory goes that good ideas can then be incorporated into the federal budget. This year the list of...
October 27, 2011 |
National Office Macleans magazine has created a great simple online calculator to help Canadians see where they belong on the income inequality scale. Click here to plug in your annual income and find out where you...
October 25, 2011 |
National Office A new CCPA study argues that we need a fundamental rethinking of where Canada is going in its energy policy.
Climate Change and the Canadian Energy Sector: Implications for Labour and Trade Unions,...
October 25, 2011 |
National Office We're pleased to introduce our 2012 Calendar: An Agenda for Social Change. This is about more than keeping you organized—each month identifies and describes key dates in Canada's social justice...
October 19, 2011 |
National Office The recent decision by the European Union (EU) to disregard Canadian government pressure and forge ahead with regulations that recognise the higher green-house-gas intensity of fuel produced from...
October 14, 2011 |
National Office In a new blog post, the CCPA's Trish Hennessy looks at the evolution of framing income inequality and how the Occupy Wall Street movement has shifted the frame once more.
Click here to read Trish's...
October 13, 2011 |
National Office We hope you can join us in Ottawa on Thursday, October 20 for a CCPA-sponsored book launch and panel discussion at the Parliament Pub, 101 Sparks Street Ottawa. Register for this free event at:...
October 13, 2011 |
National Office, Ontario Office CCPA senior economist Armine Yalnizyan, was presented with the Ontario Public Health Association’s Award of Excellence on October 5, 2011 at their annual meetings. She accepted this honour on behalf...
October 6, 2011 |
National Office, Ontario Office The CCPA is proud to present Stephen Lewis and Michele Landsberg—two of Canada’s leading thinkers and recipients of the Order of Canada—as this year's featured guests for the David Lewis Lecture in...
October 5, 2011 |
National Office, Ontario Office A former CEO makes a refreshing case for CEOs to abandon the current short-term 'conventional wisdom' and to operate according to more sustainable practices in this Harvard Business Review blog.
September 27, 2011 |
National Office It's a strange world. Senior economist Armine Yalnizyan was commissioned by theNational Post to make a case about income inequality for their opinion page. The piece ran under the headline "A...
September 23, 2011 |
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