National Office Updates
The main argument that is typically made against the establishment of universal Pharmacare is economic in nature. However, a new CCPA report shows that the economic argument in favour of such a...
September 13, 2010 |
National Office The recession may be officially over, but six in 10 Canadians say they would be in financial trouble if their paycheque was delayed by just a week, according to a new national survey.
The survey...
September 13, 2010 |
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Join us on October 4, 2010 for a one-day conference at the University of Toronto Scarborough celebrating the release of "Anti-Racism in Education: Missing in Action." The day will feature Charles C...
September 1, 2010 |
National Office A new CCPA study finds that for the first time in 30 years, six of Canada's hottest real estate markets are in a housing bubble. Canada’s Housing Bubble: An Accident Waiting to Happen examines trends...
August 31, 2010 |
National Office How exciting to see the little gold ribbons on our YouTube homepage! The CCPA's YouTube channel is the most viewed non-profit channel in Canada, and the second most subscribed non-profit channel in...
August 30, 2010 |
National Office, BC Office Many of us at the CCPA have been troubled by Canada's reaction to the arrival of 492 Tamil asylum seekers on the MV Sun Sea. Seth Klein, Director of our BC Office, put words to this discomfort in an...
August 23, 2010 |
National Office, BC Office The Education Project's latest publication is now in the bookstore. Climate Change -- Who's Carrying the Burden? The chilly climates of the global environmental dilemma, goes beyond the traditional...
August 19, 2010 |
National Office A new report by CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan warns that if past recessions are any guide, between 750,000 and 1.8 million more Canadians will be counted as poor before recovery is complete...
August 19, 2010 |
National Office Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has a warning for Canadians: we have one of the worst income-to-debt ratios in the world. CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan writes about the problem in...
August 16, 2010 |
National Office Yesterday CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan appeared on CBC radio's As It Happens to speak further about the elimination of mandatory long-form questionnaires in the gathering of census data....
July 6, 2010 |
National Office Despite the 2008 financial meltdown, the World Trade Organization continues to negotiate new rules that would promote foreign takeover of domestic banks and more deregulation. WTO advocates are using...
July 6, 2010 |
National Office The CCPA's Senior Economist, Armine Yalnizyan, has decried the recent government decision to elmiinate mandatory long-form questionnaires in the gathering of census data.
"This move will weaken the...
July 2, 2010 |
National Office CCPA senior economist Armine Yalnizyan recently wrote a post on the Progressive Economics Forum blog noting that the Great Recession may undo the "success story" of declining poverty rates over the...
June 30, 2010 |
National Office What kinds of messages are today's youth receiving in their lives? Whatnormative values are educational institutions creating for them? Where doesracism fit? What impact is it having? Is it being...
June 28, 2010 |
National Office Canadians are being told that public health care financing is not sustainable, and that the solution is a shift to more private health insurance and private delivery of services. On June 17, 2010...
June 28, 2010 |
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