Updates from the CCPA
It is argued by some that eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) at age 65 discourages older Canadians from remaining in the workforce, and that we need to...
April 16, 2012 |
National Office There's a growing movement in Canada to pressure our governments to ask those who have more to give to contribute more in taxes. A new Environics Poll for the Broadbent Institute shows 83% of...
April 10, 2012 |
National Office The Broadbent Institute has launched its new Equality Project with a poll by Environics Research that shows the majority of Canadians view growing income inequality as a big problem with long-term...
April 10, 2012 |
National Office In spite of system and systemic failure, young people are—with creativity, passion and determination—fighting for change across sectors and within communities. They are pushing the progress envelope...
April 5, 2012 |
National Office As was expected, the provincial budget released by Nova Scotia's ruling New Democratic Party is characterized by a fixation on getting “back to balance”. With a debt to-GDP ratio of 35%, there is no...
April 5, 2012 |
Nova Scotia Office Simon Enoch, Director of the Saskatchewan Office, wonders what a Wildrose Party victory in the upcoming Alberta election will mean for Saskatchewan. More here.
April 4, 2012 |
Saskatchewan Office Today CCPA released a paper on sector development policy by Jim Stanford. The general goal of sector development policy is to attain a more desirable sectoral mix in the economy, winning a greater...
April 4, 2012 |
National Office American Rights at Work recently commissioned 5 studies examining the broader value and impact of unions on the US economy and society. The separate studies, profiling unionized healthcare workers,...
April 4, 2012 |
Today, the provincial government is releasing its budget. While there has been much talk about getting "back to balance," CCPA-NS has advocated for a budget that more accurately reflects the...
April 3, 2012 |
Nova Scotia Office This report looks at family resource centres in six Manitoba Housing complexes outside Winnipeg's inner city. These resource centres meet very basic needs for the tenants, including access to phones...
April 3, 2012 |
Manitoba Office The federal budget will leave Canadians peniless in more ways than one. Read CCPA's news release in reaction to the budget here.
The following CCPA staff and research associates have posted their...
March 29, 2012 |
National Office Over on our blog, Behind the Numbers, CCPA Research Associates are sharing their analyses of the Ontario budget:
Hugh Mackenzie shares his devastating critique of the budget, suggesting that Premier...
March 28, 2012 |
Ontario Office With the elimination of the Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit and the certain demise of the film industry in the province, Premier Brad Wall asked:"If an industry cannot survive at all without...
March 23, 2012 |
Saskatchewan Office This week, three hundred thousand students from 178 associations are boycotting their classes in Quebec to protest the provincial government's decision to raise tuition fees $325 a year for the next...
March 22, 2012 |
National Office Saskatchewan Director Simon Enoch discusses the upcoming federal budget and the CCPA's Alternative Budget with Prairie Dog's Gregory Beatty. Read more here.
March 22, 2012 |
Saskatchewan Office