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Due to the opaque reporting methods used by the federal government to detail its spending and employment projections, getting a clear picture of core public service job losses is unnecessarily...
May 16, 2012 | National Office
On June 15th, the Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is proud to present a unique Citizen's Conference on the Future of Medicare. "Envisioning the Future of...
May 10, 2012 | Saskatchewan Office
Throughout the 2008-2010 financial crisis, Canadian banks were touted by the federal government—and the banks themselves—as being much more stable than other countries’ big banks. Canadians we...
April 30, 2012 | National Office
For families with young children, the costs of basic necessities like food, rent and child care quickly add up. Even with full-time work year round, both parents in a family of four must earn at...
April 26, 2012 | BC Office

New Reports & Studies

Government Estimates of Job Losses
May 17, 2012 | National Office
Estimating government support for Canadian banks during the financial crisis
April 30, 2012 | National Office
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver
April 26, 2012 | BC Office

New in the bookstore

Power of Youth: Youth and community-led activism in Canada
by Brigette DePape

Monitor Articles

Unions are society’s builders, not strike-happy wreckers
by Ed Finn
Uruguay makes great social gains under left-wing government
by Asad Ismi
Drummond Report threatens universities’ academic excellence
by Jeff Noonan

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