Menu
Search results for: “site/economics of childcare”
Manitoba Health Coalition on Budget 2022
Premier Heather Stefanson began her tenure with a promise to listen to Manitobans. Her predecessor, Brian Pallister, had become identified with the…
Fast Facts: Budget 2022 doubles down on hostile approach to public sector workers, missing the opportunity for recovery
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 4, 2002 Premier Stefanson’s first budget misses a huge opportunity to repair Manitoba’s struggling…
The Monitor, May/June 2022
Hatred unmasked: Tracking the rise of right-wing extremism in Canada Download 4.99 MB Issue highlights: The wellness-to-white-supremacy pipeline is alive and well.…
Fast Facts: Policy Alternatives in the Face of Rising Prices:
Who will Bear the Burden? Media headlines and price tags alike are sending the message loud and clear: The cost of living…
Fast Facts: Manitoba’s Silica Sand: Use for Fracking Natural Gas
The Manitoba government is poised to approve two silica sand mines, one near Vivian in Southeastern Manitoba proposed by CanWhite Sands (CWS),…
What can governments do to combat inflation? A lot
Tackling inflation can be part of a public-led recovery—it only requires government to reduce or maintain prices in areas they control.
Rapport sur les travailleurs racialisés et autochtones dans des emplois à risque d’infection par la COVID-19
TORONTO—Selon un nouveau rapport du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), les travailleurs autochtones et racialisés ont été plus nombreux, tout au…
Nova Scotia has the worst provincial child poverty reduction record over 30 years—shows the 2021 Report Card
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax, NS—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released the 2021 Report Card on…
Fast Facts: Reforming Education in Manitoba
Previously published by CBC online November 21, 2021 Although Bill 64 has been abandoned, the provincial government will soon have another go…
84 doctors, health experts & economists across Canada call on BC government to show national leadership with 10 days paid sick leave
VANCOUVER—Eighty four signatories to an open letter published today say they want the BC government to show national leadership because its actions…
The false hopes and empty promises of investment treaty modernization
A Canadian company’s successful challenge to a precautionary mining ban in Colombia shows how little investor–state dispute panels care about the right…
The desperate need for a paradigm shift in establishment macroeconomics
Mario Seccareccia argues that the COVID-19 crisis has shown us that it is time for a paradigm shift away from neoliberal policy…