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Fast Facts: A Comparison of the Carbon Tax Rebates to Families in Manitoba and British Columbia 2017
When British Columbia introduced its carbon tax, it provided a rebate to families to offset the higher cost of goods and services…
Winnipeg Without Poverty
Calling on the City to Lead Download 4.14 MB60 pages This report, endorsed by more than 90 organizations, calls on Winnipeg’s Mayor…
Fast Facts: He Had a Dream
Fifty years ago today, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. James Earl Ray was convicted, but…
Nova Scotia Budget a wedge, not a lever
There is an urgency for our government to use fiscal policy to promote a different kind of economic growth that no longer…
CCPA–BC Submission on the Development of a BC Poverty Reduction Plan
Download 1.88 MB4 pages This submission was made to the BC government to share the CCPA-BC’s recommendations regarding the development of a…
An ambition constrained budget
Am I happy with the 2018 federal budget? Well, many of the items in it can be found in this year’s and…
Important steps taken but Budget 2018 keeps Canadians waiting for the big investments required to build an inclusive economy
OTTAWA—Today’s federal budget takes positive steps forward on gender equality and science funding but the bold policy moves that will make a…
Ten proposals from the 2018 Alternative Federal Budget
This year’s Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) has just been released. I was proud to be part of this year’s effort, coordinated by…
Alternative Federal Budget 2018: A bold plan for a prosperous future
The following remarks are excerpted from the 2018 Alternative Federal Budget press conference, featuring Gauri Sreenivasan, David Macdonald and Peter Bleyer (February 22,…
Progressive tax code, smart investments will lift close to a million out of poverty and curb inequality: think tank
OTTAWA—The 2018 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), delivers a roadmap to where the…
Alternative Federal Budget 2018
Getting There Download 2.32 MB156 pages The 2018 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) delivers a roadmap to where the country could be on…
Budget 2018: Major investments in child care and affordable housing welcome
Commitments still needed for climate change and poverty reduction VICTORIA—Significant investments in child care and affordable housing in today’s budget will greatly…