The first order of business for the Trudeau government has been a tax cut for the 'middle class'. But who actually benefits? CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald breaks it down. Plus Alex answers a question from the listener mail bag, while Davis discovers how the tax system really works.
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As world leaders meet in Paris to hammer out a new, comprehensive climate change agreement, we talk to Marc Lee about the future of Canadian and international climate policy. Marc is a CCPA Senior Economist and climate policy expert based in Vancouver.
Listen in as Trish Hennessy sits down with CCPA-ON economists Sheila Block and Kaylie Tiessen to deconstruct the 2015 Ontario budget in this 13-minute shareable podcast.
The Future of Home Support in BC was round table discussion of current challenges and new strategies for improving the delivery of home support services. It took place in February 2014, at the Unitarian Church in Vancouver, through the CCPA-BC's Seniors Project.
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On March 5, 2014 the CCPA held its first ever telephone town hall, which enabled us to engage in a live, interactive dialogue with almost 4,000 of our valued supporters from the comfort of their own homes.
On April 27, 2012 in Halifax, the Community Coalition to End Poverty - Nova Scotia and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Nova Scotia Office partnered to present a lecture on Canada's public pension system.
The lecture featured economic consultant and specialist in public pension policy, Monica Townson, who explains how the Canadian pension system works, why it's considered to be in crisis, and the implications of recent changes to the system proposed by the government. Listen to the full lecture below.
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On November 3, 2010, CCPA-BC sponsored a book launch for The Trouble with Billionaires, by award winning journalist and best-selling author Linda McQuaig and tax law professor and author Neil Brooks.
Thanks to Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock for recording this eye-opening and provocative discussion about the damage that extreme wealth causes to equality and a healthy, functioning society.
https://soundcloud.com/policyalternatives/the-trouble-with-billionaires-...
On November 3, 2010, CCPA-BC sponsored a book launch for The Trouble with Billionaires, by award winning journalist and best-selling author Linda McQuaig and tax law professor and author Neil Brooks.
Thanks to Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock for recording this eye-opening and provocative discussion about the damage that extreme wealth causes to equality and a healthy, functioning society.
On November 18th, 2009, in Ottawa, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Canadian Labour Congress held an event entitled "Recession, Recovery and Transformation: Meeting the policy challenges of our time."
Ed Broadbent gave a keynote address entitled "Beyond the Crisis: Ten propositions for a resurgence of the progressive movement". Here is the audio, while the written commentary is attached below.