Updates from the CCPA
Watch this space for response and analysis of the federal budget from CCPA staff and our Alternative Federal Budget partners.
More information will be added as it is available.
Commentary and...
March 21, 2017 |
National Office 2017 marks the CCPA-BC’s 20th anniversary, and I can’t remember a busier time in our organization’s history. We’re doing the math, checking the facts, conducting long-term investigative research, and...
March 13, 2017 |
BC Office This winter, a 53 year old woman died overnight in minus 32 degrees temperatures, frozen to death on the streets of downtown Winnipeg. A new study from CCPA-MB renews calls to action to deal with...
March 13, 2017 |
Manitoba Office The role of big money and corporate lobbying in BC politics has become a major issue as we head into the May provincial election. In the latest study from the CCPA-BC and Corporate Mapping Project,...
March 7, 2017 |
BC Office At CBC News, CCPA-Ontario director Trish Hennessy unpacks the phrase "sharing economy" and the importance of language in creating public policy.
March 7, 2017 |
Ontario Office CCPA senior economist Sheila Block spoke with CBC News about a new report co-written with CCPA senior economist David Macdonald about how to create a fairer hydro HST rebate program for Ontario.
March 7, 2017 |
Ontario Office In an op-ed for Toronto's NOW magazine, CCPA-Ontario senior economist Sheila Block calls on city council to start making adult decisions about municipal spending for next year's budget.
March 7, 2017 |
Ontario Office CCPA-Ontario economist Zohra Jamasi and the Ontario Living Wage network have been integral to the calculation process for communities looking to determine the living wage for their region. Durham...
March 7, 2017 |
Ontario Office How are climate change and sustainability being taught, practiced and promoted in educational institutions across the country? And how can we make this important, often overwhelming, task a little...
March 3, 2017 |
National Office Our latest forestry research shows that between 2013 and 2016, more raw logs were shipped from BC than during any other four-year period in the province’s history. If these logs had been processed in...
February 27, 2017 |
BC Office The BC government delivers its budget next week, and has indicated that more tax cuts will be coming. But what does that mean in terms of tax fairness? Or for what we, as a society, are able to...
February 16, 2017 |
BC Office In Maclean's magazine, CCPA-Ontario senior economist Sheila Block writes about what happened when Ontario decided to raise taxes on the richest 1%.
February 13, 2017 |
Ontario Office For Chatelaine, CCPA-Ontario senior economist Sheila Block explains the potential economic impact of a women's strike.
February 13, 2017 |
Ontario Office In a response to the Ontario Ministry of Education's consultations on child care and early years strategy, CCPA-Ontario Director Trish Hennessy says that child care should be universally affordable...
February 13, 2017 |
Ontario Office What happens when National attention to given to an emergency refugee issue? New Report
January 31, 2017 |
Manitoba Office