National Office Updates
A new analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds the early praise given to the tentative Buy American deal is undeserved.
The deal gives Canada fleeting access to stimulus projects...
February 8, 2010 |
National Office In the Winter 2010 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves editors Larry Kuehn and Erika Shaker delve into the struggle between the demands for standardization and the reality of diversity in education....
February 2, 2010 |
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The Ottawa Out Front Speaker Series asks the question, “Will Canada be a UN Peacekeeper again?"
We hope you can join us for a luncheon event featuring Professor Walter Dorn of the Canadian Forces...
February 1, 2010 |
National Office, Ontario Office On January 25th, 2010, the CCPA's Armine Yalnizyan appeared on Television Ontario's 'The Agenda' to discuss 'Job creation in a recession', part one of the show's look at the state of employment today...
January 28, 2010 |
National Office We hope you can join us on February 25th in Toronto for the inaugural David Lewis Lecture.
We’re excited that acclaimed author Naomi Klein will be the speaker. She will speak on the timely issue of...
January 27, 2010 |
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A new CCPA report finds Canada's Employment Insurance system is failing the recession "stress test" and many unemployed workers are falling through the cracks. Is EI Working for Canada's Unemployed...
January 22, 2010 |
National Office This year's Alternative Federal Budget Roundtable, entitled Recession, Recovery and Transformation: Meeting the policy challenges of our time, was held in Ottawa on November 18. CPAC was there to...
January 15, 2010 |
National Office As we get closer to the 2010 Winter Olympics, many people have questions about how the games will affect not only British Columbia, but Canada as a whole. You'll find a list of our Olympics-related...
January 5, 2010 |
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Canadians may have been hit hard by a worldwide economic recession, but it appears Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs are enjoying a soft landing.
Hugh Mackenzie's latest report on executive...
January 4, 2010 |
National Office The recent 52-page edition of the CCPA’s journal, The CCPA Monitor, features articles and essays by Naomi Klein, Murray Dobbin, Linda McQuaig, Armine Yalnizyan, and a dozen other topnotch writers on...
December 17, 2009 |
National Office Canadians could be forgiven for thinking that they spend a mere pittance on their military: politicians and pundits constantly bombard us with the claim that Canada is a military miser. But a new...
December 10, 2009 |
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Canada’s oil and gas industry creates significant environmental and social problems for Canadians. This is partly because of the nature of the for-profit, private-interest business corporation,...
December 4, 2009 |
National Office The Honourable Ed Broadbent was the lunchtime speaker at a recent CCPA Alternative Federal Budget Roundtable in Ottawa. You can read the text of his speech here. You can watch his inspirational...
December 3, 2009 |
National Office If you're a regular visitor to the CCPA website you've probably noticed things are looking a little different around here. We've added new features and functions to our site to make it easier for you...
November 30, 2009 |
National Office The current economic and financial situation has brought Canada’s retirement income system into sharp focus. Pension expert and CCPA Research Associate Monica Townson has written two policy briefs...
November 25, 2009 |
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