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Alternative Federal Budget Roundtable: Can Canada Escape a Lost Decade?
As part of the consultations undertaken in preparation of our forthcoming Alternative Federal Budget, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives hosted an economic roundtable, The Global...
February 8, 2012 | National Office
Old Age (In)Security
Old Age Security (OAS) is the basic building block of Canada’s retirement income system. Canadians build on that foundation, saving for their retirement with benefits from the Canada or Quebec...
February 8, 2012 | National Office
Lessons from London, Ontario: The crackdown on middle class jobs
Electro-Motive/Caterpillar's decision to lock out its London, Ontario workers on January 1st, demanding workers accept a 50% pay cut or lose the plant altogether, brings into focus a theme that is...
February 6, 2012 | National Office, Ontario Office
Resources on pension reform and Old Age Security
Last week Prime Minister Harper signaled possible cuts to Canada's pension programs, namely Old Age Security benefits for middle- and lower-income seniors. The Canadian Centre for Policy...
February 6, 2012 | National Office
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New Reports & Studies

Old Age Security: Can We Afford It?
February 8, 2012 | National Office
Canada’s Incomplete, Mediocre Recovery
January 26, 2012 | National Office
Paid in Full (Update)
Who Pays for University Education in BC?
January 25, 2012 | BC Office
The Cuts Behind the Curtain
How federal cutbacks will slash services and increase unemployment
January 23, 2012 | National Office
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2012
Every Tool Shapes the Task
by Larry Kuehn
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Commentary & Fact Sheets

FAST FACTS: Labour-Management Conflict in Brandon’s Public Sector
Chapter 2
February 8, 2012 | Manitoba Office
Do Canadians know how increasing numbers of temporary foreign workers is changing immigration?
February 2, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
Grey Power
Hennessy's Index: A number is never just a number
February 1, 2012 | National Office
Going Nowhere Fast: The Kenaston Boulevard Project and the Inadequacy of Roadway Expansion in Reducing Winnipeg's Gridlock
January 31, 2012 | Manitoba Office
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Monitor Articles

Financial Crisis as a Way of Life
Neoliberalism drives chronic worldwide financial instability
by Ellen Russell
The Middle East Revolution (Part IV)
Saudi Arabia helps crush the democratic uprising in Bahrain
by Asad Ismi
A Looming Social Crisis
Canadian governments should prepare for rising homelessness
by Nick Falvo
Less on their Plate
Canada’s poorest people facing a frightful food crisis
by John Stapleton
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