Updates from the CCPA
What's different between this recession and the last one? How many jobs did the stimulus funding create? What proportion of the federal deficit was caused by corporate tax cuts?
Find out how much...
March 30, 2010 |
National Office This week Iglika Ivanova published two posts on Policy Note that clearly explain the benefits of stimulus spending. She doesn't buy the federal government's claim that they can take full credit for...
March 25, 2010 |
BC Office The Ontario government tabled its budget today, putting deficit reduction ahead of jobs. The budget also penalizes social assistance recipients and threatens to burden postsecondary students with...
March 25, 2010 |
Ontario Office March 24, 2010
Saskatchewan Budget 2010: Quality of our public services sure to suffer
Regina — Brad Wall stated that this year’s budget would lead Saskatchewan down “a different path.”...
March 24, 2010 |
Saskatchewan Office The CCPA Ontario office released its prescription for this year's provincial budget, calling on the Ontario government to make job creation -- not deficit reduction -- a top priority. It shows how...
March 22, 2010 |
Ontario Office Bill Rees, the father of the ecological footprint, likes to say that fossil fuels are a powerful hallucinogenic drug. We are all addicted to cheap and abundant fossil fuels, and so have reshaped our...
March 16, 2010 |
BC Office Commentary on the federal budget and Speech from the Throne by CCPA staff and research associates are available on the CCPA website.
The Speech from the Throne signaled the Harper government's intent...
March 12, 2010 |
National Office In partnership with RealRenewal, CCPA Saskatchewan is proud to present an education workshop for people who want a voice in the system.
Featuring Jacqui Strachan, Parent Involvement Coordinator,...
March 5, 2010 |
Saskatchewan Office Iglika Ivanova and Marc Lee spent the day in Victoria at the budget lock-up, and have just posted their initial analysis of today's budget on Policy Note. They write,
For a document titled Building...
March 2, 2010 |
BC Office The following editorial appeared in the March 2nd edition of the Regina Leader-Post.
Barbara Yaffe's Feb. 20 column, "Public sector should share our pain," is a perfect example of the current...
March 2, 2010 |
Saskatchewan Office In today's Vancouver Sun, CCPA economist Iglika Ivanova writes,
This week, British Columbians will say goodbye to our party guests and turn back to everyday business. On Tuesday the government will...
March 1, 2010 |
BC Office The CCPA released the Alternative Federal Budget for 2010 today. In addition to the budget document, the alternative budget put forward a six point jobs plan to confront the jobs crisis and get...
March 1, 2010 |
National Office In anticipation of Tuesday’s provincial budget, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives warns that further cuts to public spending will impede the economic recovery, which is already expected...
February 25, 2010 |
BC Office The February 2010 issue of The CCPA Monitor, a monthly research magazine free for the Centre's members, has been released.
This month's preview articles, available below, reflect some of the major...
February 23, 2010 |
National Office If you read the papers in this province, you’d think BC had long forgotten about the recession. Every bit of economic good news is trumpeted enthusiastically, from small increases in employment to...
February 22, 2010 |
BC Office