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Boundless Bonuses: Report

Skyrocketing Canadian executive pay during the 2020 pandemic

Colour-coded Retirement

An intersectional look at retirement income and savings

Unpacked Podcast

The TRIPS COVID-19 Waiver

Roadmap to a Canadian Just Transition Act

Updates

Reports & Studies

Commentary

Fact Sheets & Infographics

Tipping Point: Pandemic forced restaurant and bar workers into better paying jobs

A new analysis by CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald finds that by February 2021, a quarter of a million workers in Canada who used to work in food and accommodation had found a new line of work...
October 13, 2021 | National Office

CCPA assessment of Eco Oro's ISDS win in challenge to Colombian mining ban

Senior Researcher Stuart Trew writes in The Monitor about the devastating implications of Canadian mining company Eco Oro's successful Canada–Colombia FTA investor–state lawsuit, which undermines...
October 5, 2021 | National Office

CCPA joins 206 civil society groups calling for a new system of multilateral trade rules

September 27, 2021 — Today, 206 major civil society groups—including global union federations, development advocates, women’s groups, consumer organizations, and environmental groups—representing ...
September 27, 2021 | National Office

More Updates
Making History— Making an Impact

The 2020 Annual Report of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

October 12, 2021 | National Office

Equal rights for migrant care workers

The case for immigration policy transformation

October 5, 2021 | National Office

Submission from the CCPA to Natural Resources Canada’s consultation on a people-centred just transition

'There can be no just transition without a transition'

October 1, 2021 | National Office

Encore régler la note

Dépenses COVID 19 des gouvernements fédéral et provinciaux

August 26, 2021 | National Office

Still Picking up the Tab

Feds still cover almost all COVID-19 spending

August 26, 2021 | National Office

More Reports & Studies
The desperate need for a paradigm shift in establishment macroeconomics

August 16, 2021 | National Office

A tribute to Heather-jane Robertson by Larry Brown

August 12, 2021 | National Office

Open letter: Canada must support global access to COVID-19 vaccines at the WTO

March 10, 2021 | National Office

Trade Agreements Like NAFTA Are a Menace to Democracy

March 8, 2021 | National Office

If We Want to Clean Up the Oceans, We Have to Confront the Fossil Fuel Giants

February 24, 2021 | National Office

More Commentary
Federal Debate Bingo

September 9, 2021 | National Office

Canada's Colour-Coded Retirement

June 16, 2021 | National Office

Time Out Top Takeaways

Child care fees in Canada 2017

December 12, 2017 | National Office

Infographic: Splitting the Difference

Who really benefits from small business income splitting?

September 26, 2017 | National Office

Infographics: Turning words into action

March 9, 2017 | National Office

More Fact Sheets & Infographics

Our Schools / Our Selves: Climate Justice in Education

How is climate change and sustainability being taught, practiced and promoted in educational institutions across the country? Find out in the latest issue of OS/OS.

Download select articles here