Updates from the CCPA
On January 9th, the CCPA's Ontario Office will be hosting an update on the province’s economy and a strategy session focusing on how to move toward a post-austerity vision.
Ontario 2013: Toward a...
December 12, 2012 |
Ontario Office Popular wisdom seems to be that you can't talk about raising taxes: people just won't stand for it. But today we released poll results that suggest something a little different. The majority of...
November 29, 2012 |
BC Office It's easy to think of BC's water and hydro resources as limitless, especially in the rainy Lower Mainland. But our latest study examines the serious challenges facing these resources, particularly...
November 15, 2012 |
BC Office The CCPA’s Scott Sinclair and Teresa Healy from the Canadian Labour Congress recently presented on the implications of the proposed Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement...
November 13, 2012 |
National Office In Alberta and British Columbia, liquor retail privatization has meant higher liquor prices but lower government revenue. Moreover, the increased availability of alcohol brought on by privatization...
November 6, 2012 |
Saskatchewan Office As the federal government continues to move forward with the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (“CETA”) our research finds that the benefits are being oversold while the costs and consequences...
November 1, 2012 |
Nova Scotia Office The Fall 2012 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves is about the links between education and activism, but it focuses extensively on issues raised before, during and since the Québec student strike.
The...
October 16, 2012 |
National Office In a new CCPA-Ontario report, Jordan Brennan looks at the history of the minimum wage and living wage in Ontario and makes the case for a living wage as an essential tool to help reduce income...
October 11, 2012 |
Ontario Office In 2007 the BC government legislated targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), but just five years later, the province’s 2012 Natural Gas Strategy risks breaking that legislation. Our...
October 10, 2012 |
BC Office In Canada, many workers do not earn a living wage—that is, sufficient income to afford the basics of life—because of discrimination. Women workers and those who are racialized, immigrant, Aboriginal...
October 5, 2012 |
Ontario Office Unions in a Democratic Society: A Response to the Consultation Paper on the Renewal of Labour Legislation in Saskatchewan, a new CCPA report by Christopher Schenk, critically reviews the contemplated...
September 24, 2012 |
National Office, Saskatchewan Office A trade deal between Canada and the EU that's being negotiated in Ottawa this week could have devastating effects on Ontario. The CCPA's new report, Straightjacket: CETA’s Constraining Effects on...
September 19, 2012 |
Ontario Office The Ontario government is in a consultation phase over how to modernize the province's child care system. Child care expert Martha Friendly and CCPA Ontario Director Trish Hennessy have co-authored a...
September 17, 2012 |
Ontario Office Of the litany of proposed changes contained in the Saskatchewan government’s Consultation Paper on the Renewal of Labour Legislation in Saskatchewan, the most pernicious is the suggestion that...
September 14, 2012 |
Saskatchewan Office A new report from the CCPA’s Education Project tracks the affordability of university education across Canadian provinces. The study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since...
September 11, 2012 |
National Office, Ontario Office