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National Office

International relations, peace and conflict

Massive Secret Surveillance in Canada
Canadian government spies on Brazil — and its own citizens In the September issue of the CCPA Monitor, I reported on the…
November 1, 2013
National Office

Trade and Investment Research Project

International trade and investment, deep integration

L’AECG mènera à une hausse du coût des médicaments
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Ottawa—L’Accord économique et commercial global entre le Canada et l’Union européenne (AECG) mènera à une…
October 31, 2013
Manitoba Office

Taxes and tax cuts

Fast Facts: The Education Property Tax Rebate
Do we seniors really need it? This commentary was also published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Oct 17, 2013. The opposition’s…
October 17, 2013
BC Office

Climate Justice Project

Environment and sustainability

Will LNG development blow BC’s carbon budget?
Last week’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reaffirmed the scientific consensus that global warming is happening and is primarily…
October 3, 2013
Manitoba Office

Labour Matters

Employment and labour

Work Life: Workplace Safety a motherhood issue? Not yet.
In Manitoba, messages about the importance of workplace health and safety are hard to miss. The SAFE Work campaigns run year-round by…
October 2, 2013
National Office

Children and youth

Corporations and corporate power

Corporate Child Abuse
Profit-driven system exploits, mistreats vulnerable youth “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul,” Nelson Mandela says, “than the way…
October 1, 2013
Manitoba Office

Agriculture

Environment and sustainability

Municipalities and urban development

Fast Facts: The Two Faces of Government Policy Towards Local Food
Small farm owners Pam and Clint Cavers were blindsided on August 28, 2013 when Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) staff…
September 10, 2013
Ontario Office

Employment and labour

Lowering Our Standards
The right-wing Fraser Institute has released a paper that, if implemented, would dramatically lower our standards for worker pay, workers’ rights and…
September 3, 2013
National Office

Economy and economic indicators

Public services and privatization

Debt, Austerity, and Devastation
Creditors get fatter financially, their victims get thinner Like plague in the 14th century, the scourge of debt has gradually migrated from…
September 1, 2013
Manitoba Office

Labour Matters

Education

Work Life: That’s What Unions Do
Back in February, 2013, CCPA-Mb put out a Fast Facts titled Six Unions: One Voice1 which chronicled the many problems faced by…
August 27, 2013
BC Office

Energy policy

BC government to blame for looming BC Hydro rate increases
BC Hydro rates are going up. In its rate application hearing before the BC Utilities Commission last year, BC Hydro forecast increases…
August 8, 2013
National Office

Where Icebergs are Born
Nearly all the icebergs in the North Atlantic start in this place. Disko Bay, Greenland, is littered with ice as far as…
August 3, 2013