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March 2003: Lula Bows to Wall Street
Brazil’s new “leftist” President moves right to keep U.S. happy Forty years after Brazil’s last leftist government was overthrown in a U.S.-backed…
UN singles out BC Government on women’s rights
BC is not meeting its obligations to women under international human rights law. That was the clear message of the United Nations…
All social and economic problems caused by an unfair distribution of wealth
“The world holds enough to satisfy everyone’s need,” Mahatma Gandhi once observed, “but not everyone’s greed.” In these few words he identified…
Larger investment in Canada’s poorest needed: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA–Social policy in Canada should go further to address the needs of Canada’s poorest, according to a…
October 2002: The Ravaging of Africa
Western neo-colonialism fuels wars, plundering of resources The G8 Summit held in Kananaskis in June, pledged $6 billion dollars a year in…
According to new CCPA-NS publication Nova Scotia’s low minimum wage contributes to poverty
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX–According to a publication released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS),…
Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2001
A National Disgrace Download 280.24 KB
New CIDA Reforms Risk Excluding the Poorest of the Poor
In June 2001, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) released a policy document proposing distinct new terms for development aid. The report,…
Policy Brief Re: Women’s Economic Equality Strategy
Introduction The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is an independent, non-profit research institute dedicated to producing and promoting economic and social…
Globalization, Poverty and Migration
A Speech by Seth Klein to the MOSAIC AGM Download 36.87 KB
Minimum wage increase is good public policy
The BC government has asked for input on whether or not to increase the minimum wage, and business groups have responded with…