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Air travel in Canada is about to get more expensive
The impacts of airport privatization on travellers and workers
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Strengthening Labour Standards in Nova Scotia: Progress and the work that remains
CCPA Nova Scotia director Dr. Christine Saulnier speaks on Bill 256.
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Fund full-day kindergarten for Manitobans
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on September 8, 2026.
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Doing more with less: 10 facts about school funding in Ontario
The numbers show that schools and educators in Ontario are being asked to do more with less, and students are paying the price
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Missing in action: Federal leadership on post-secondary funding
The federal government needs to reclaim its role as a leading funder of universities and colleges in Canada
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After the failed trade deal with the U.S., what comes next?
The tectonic plates of North American commerce bulged last weekend when Prime Minister Mark Carney walked his negotiating team away from the U.S. trade table…
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Ontario’s new AI data centre playbook is flawed. We can fix it.
The playbook frames AI data centres in economic terms, without proper safeguards for the public and the environment.
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A hinge moment for unions in Canada’s new industrial era
Canadian unions must help shape a new era of industrial policy in favour of workers as we face an unprecedented threat in Donald Trump
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The value and benefits of public spending for households in Newfoundland and Labrador
This report examines the value of public services to households in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Closing the gaps: Gender pay inequity in Atlantic Canada
New report finds persistent gender pay gaps across Atlantic Canada, calls for stronger action on pay equity
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Protecting Manitoba’s publicly funded housing
A look at Manitoba’s new Housing and Renewal Corporation Amendment Act
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The post-secondary transition experiences of Indigenous and racialized students
CEDA Pathways graduates need more support in their post-secondary transition
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Manitoba housing needs and rental housing data 2025-26
This report provides extensive data to understand housing need and the affordability of rental housing in Manitoba for lower income households.
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Why is the BC government targeting Victoria’s elected school board?
Democracy, waste, and the anatomy of a completely preventable fiasco
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Back to Blakeney: Keeping oil industry super-profits in Saskatchewan
The province has implemented excess profits taxes on the oil industry before. With no end in sight to the Iran war, it…
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Fund full-day kindergarten for Manitobans
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on September 8, 2026.
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Doing more with less: 10 facts about school funding in Ontario
The numbers show that schools and educators in Ontario are being asked to do more with less, and students are paying the…
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Strengthening Labour Standards in Nova Scotia: Progress and the work that remains
CCPA Nova Scotia director Dr. Christine Saulnier speaks on Bill 256.
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Air travel in Canada is about to get more expensive
The impacts of airport privatization on travellers and workers
