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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...
January 30, 2012
What economic recovery?
We've all heard political leaders boast that the Canadian economy has fully recovered from the recession and that the recession was not as severe in Canada as in other countries. It turns out that...
January 26, 2012 | National Office
University students more than repay tuition costs through taxes after graduation
Our new study released today shows that BC university graduates fully repay the cost of their tuition through taxes after graduation. University graduates in most cases earn more than those...
January 24, 2012 | BC Office
Federal cutbacks will cost more than 60,000 jobs and slash services
In its 2010 and 2011 budgets, the federal government announced cuts totalling $7.82 billion. A new CCPA study...
January 23, 2012 | National Office
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New Reports & Studies

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
L’épée de Damoclès
Comment les compressions au gouvernement fédéral réduiront les services et feront augmenter le taux de chômage
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

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
Can Canada Escape a Lost Decade?
January 30, 2012 | National 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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