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Fast Facts The First Rung on the Ladder: community-based literacy programming in public housing complexes
A wealth of evidence—both global and local—confirms the value of literacy and the importance of programs that promote literacy. This is especially…
Making Sense of the CETA
An analysis of the final text of the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Download 3.57 MB 128 pages This report…
Making Sense of the CETA
First assessment of complete Canada–EU trade deal questions benefits, highlights imbalances in negotiated outcome READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A new analysis…
Temporary foreign workers need more rights, not better enforcement of flawed policy
On June 20, Minister of Employment and Social Development Jason Kenney announced a raft of changes to the federal Temporary Foreign Worker…
Ten areas of regulatory failure that contributed, directly or indirectly, to the Lac-Mégantic disaster
My report, Willful Blindness?, released today, summarizes the regulatory failures behind the Lac-Mégantic tragedy. The federal government has so far not acknowledged…
New report chronicles regulatory failures behind Lac-Mégantic
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—In advance of tomorrow’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) final report into why a train loaded…
Piqued by Piketty
It seems rather clear that the main theories in French economist Thomas Piketty’s best-seller Capital in the Twenty-First Century are irritating a number of…
Investor-State Dispute Settlement in the TTIP and CETA
Submission to the European Commission’s Public Consultation Download 337.99 KB20 pages One of the most controversial elements of modern trade treaties is…
July 1st: Tenants Have No Reason To Celebrate
Each year, Canada Day coincides with Moving Day in Quebec. For the luckiest in the lot, the celebrations include heat and sweat,…
Navigating Canada’s complex terrain of student financial assistance
OTTAWA—Student aid systems in Canada are intricate, elaborate, and, in many cases, thoroughly unmanageable, says a study released today by the Canadian…
Temporary Foreign Worker Program changes – who do they help?
The Conservative Government’s Minister of Employment and Social Development, Jason Kenney, announced on June 20th 2014 a raft of changes to the federal…
Why You Should Care About Austerity
Québec’s government has radically reduced its spending growth because it has decided that we need to tighten our belts collectively. Since spending growth…