Updates from the CCPA
Manitoba's Alternative Provincial Budget take on the challenge of crunching the numbers and cooking up some great policy for a province under the austerity thumb.
March 3, 2020 |
Manitoba Office If BC is to meet its emissions targets and not perpetuate the climate crisis, it must phase out its fossil fuel industries by mid-century, says a new report, Winding Down BC’s Fossil Fuel Industries...
March 2, 2020 |
BC Office As is the case in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, housing advocates have long argued that the best way to address the housing needs of low-income Manitobans is by increasing the supply of social...
February 19, 2020 |
Manitoba Office Overall, with BC Budget 2020 the government is not making full use of the fiscal room BC has to make crucial social and environmental investments. The budget continues BC’s long-running pattern of...
February 18, 2020 |
First Nations are leading the way in net-zero building development with positive economic and community benefits, finds a new report. Nisichawayasihk: A Future Net-Zero First Nation? by Lawrence...
February 11, 2020 |
Manitoba Office BC added a mere 105 units of publicly subsidized assisted living over nearly a decade (2010-17), despite a growing population of seniors. As a result, access to publicly subsidized assisted living...
February 4, 2020 |
BC Office After reviewing hundreds of documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, which raise concerns that BC Hydro’s Peace Canyon Dam could fail in the aftermath of an earthquake...
January 9, 2020 |
BC Office To fully address Metro Vancouver’s housing crisis, an ambitious build-out program of 10,000 new units annually of non-market rental housing is needed and should include public housing and co-ops that...
December 5, 2019 |
BC Office Crude Lessons: Fossil Fuel Industry Influence on Environmental Education in Saskatchewan finds that it is the oil and gas industry that exerts an undue influence over how climate issues are taught in...
December 5, 2019 |
Saskatchewan Office Ontarians can expect the government’s talking points to feature prominently in the 2020 Ontario budget. Claims of high spending and unsustainable debt and deficit are being used to excuse cuts to...
December 3, 2019 |
Ontario Office A new book edited by Edouard Morena, Dunja Krause and Dimitris Stevis, Just Transitions: Social Justice in the Shift Towards a Low-Carbon World, explores the question "How can we secure jobs in the...
November 27, 2019 |
National Office How pension funds choose to invest has significant bearing on how we collectively address the climate emergency and the needed energy transition away from fossil fuels. This report asks if the Canada...
November 15, 2019 |
BC Office 2019 has been a busy year for our team. From publishing groundbreaking research to fact checking and analyzing party platforms during the federal election, here is a round up of what we've achieved...
November 6, 2019 |
National Office Big Oil’s Political Reach: Mapping fossil fuel lobbying from Harper to Trudeau finds that between 2011 and 2018 the fossil fuel industry was one of the most active industry groups lobbying Canada's...
November 1, 2019 |
BC Office, Saskatchewan Office CCPA's Ontario office is closely following ongoing changes to education funding in the province. The following analysis looks at the impacts of the changes on students, educators and communities. ...
October 29, 2019 |
Ontario Office