Updates from the CCPA
See the Saskatchewan office's response to Minister Krawetz's "Austerity for Prosperity" 2012 budget here.
March 21, 2012 |
Saskatchewan Office Supporters of Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline claim that the project will create many thousands of jobs for Canadians, and have attempted to polarize public discussion into a "jobs vs...
March 20, 2012 |
BC Office In his new report, Ontario's Fiscal Reality: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?, economist Hugh Mackenzie takes a critical look at the assumptions that drive the Drummond report's claim that Ontario is...
March 19, 2012 |
Ontario Office Judging by the preliminary operating budget, it looks like this year’s operating budget will not offer Winnipeg a clear course of action that will allow it to meet the goals stated in OurWinnipeg....
March 19, 2012 |
Manitoba Office Today, CCPA releases the Alternative Federal Budget 2012: A Budget for the Rest of Us. This year's AFB presents a public investment plan that promotes a better quality of life for all Canadians, not...
March 15, 2012 |
National Office “Workers in Nova Scotia are worse off economically than they were a quarter century ago. For the most part, this deterioration in wages happened at the same time that the economy of the province...
March 12, 2012 |
Nova Scotia Office The University of Toronto's Richard Florida has an important two-part series in The Atlantic focusing on what is driving the growing income gap in American cities. In particular, he and colleague...
March 8, 2012 |
National Office Last August, a pipeline broke near Fort St John, spilling toxic liquid that killed at least one cow and sickened other cattle. The Oil and Gas Commission has refused to release much information about...
March 7, 2012 |
BC Office In a new report from CCPA-MB, Valerie Shantz examines cases of institutional expansion in three neighbourhoods within Winnipeg's inner city.
Download the full report: Shared Futures: Big Institutions...
March 7, 2012 |
Manitoba Office The number of migrant labourers working in Nova Scotia has doubled over the past five years. While such rapid increases benefit the Canadian economy, they pose difficult questions for policymakers...
March 6, 2012 |
Nova Scotia Office A new study from UNB-SJ economist Roderick Hill and CCPA-NS researcher Jason Edwards outlines why New Brunswick should move toward a more progressive tax structure. The report, titled New Brunswick...
February 22, 2012 |
Nova Scotia Office Ask Americans, as Micheal I. Norton and Daniel Ariely did in this study, to build their ideal system of wealth distribution and they choose something that looks very different than the United States...
February 22, 2012 |
National Office In response to the February 15 Commission on the Reform of Ontario's Public Services report – widely referred to as the Drummond report after its author, retired banker Don Drummond – the Canadian...
February 22, 2012 |
Ontario Office The BC budget was released today, and Iglika Ivanova posted her analysis on Policy Note as soon as she got out of the budget lockup. The government claims it had no choice but to present an austerity...
February 21, 2012 |
BC Office The much-anticipated final report by BC Ombudsperson Kim Carter on her investigation into the crisis in seniors care was released last week. With 176 recommendations, "The Best of Care: Getting It...
February 20, 2012 |
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