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Security agenda narrowly defined: Budget falls far short in meeting security needs for people
Ottawa--Despite its billing as a personal security budget, Paul Martin's budget falls far short of meeting the security needs of people, according to Bruce Campbell, Executive Director of the...
December 10, 2001 | National Office
Le gouvernement fédéral pourrait profiter d’environ 10 milliards de dollars par année de pouvoir additionnel de dépenser, selon une nouvelle étude
OTTAWA–Le gouvernement fédéral pourrait allouer au moins 10 milliards de dollars par année à de nouvelles dépenses au cours de ses deux prochains exercices financiers, payer les prestations de...
December 6, 2001 | National Office
Plenty of budget room available for new spending
OTTAWA--The federal government could allocate at least $10 billion per year to new spending priorities in each of the next two fiscal years, on top of additional monies required for core EI...
December 6, 2001 | National Office
La mondialisation, les accords commerciaux et les médicaments
Les concessions du gouvernement canadien face aux grandes sociétés pharmaceutiques multinationales, y compris le prolongement à vingt ans de leur monopole sur les nouveaux...
November 26, 2001 | National Office
Globalization, trade deals and drugs
Canadian government concessions to the big multinational pharmaceutical companies, including an extension of their monopoly on new drugs to 20 years, have resulted in sharply escalating prices for...
November 26, 2001 | National Office
FTAA draft text released
OTTAWA--The draft text of the Free trade of the Americas Agreement document (FTAA) has just been released. Researchers from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives were part of the team...
July 3, 2001 | National Office
Report finds U.S. opposition prompted Canada's retreat on NAFTA Investor-State panels
OTTAWA--There is almost no chance that NAFTA Trade Ministers, meeting next month, will make any meaningful changes to limit corporations' rights to use NAFTA to challenge laws that protect public...
June 11, 2001 | National Office
Use surplus to ease slowdown and rebuild public services
OTTAWA--The government should draw upon the fiscal dividend to ease the impact of the current economic slowdown and to reinvest in programs that bore the brunt of spending cuts in the 1990s,...
May 17, 2001 | National Office
New CCPA study says addiction not just a drug problem, and solutions must address economic globalization
(Vancouver) A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says that the current debate about addiction is incomplete. Public debate about addiction prevention,...
April 30, 2001 | National Office, BC Office
The Farm Crisis and Corporate Power
OTTAWA--Canadian farmers are struggling with near-record low prices and many face bankruptcy unless the current crisis is adequately addressed by the federal and provincial governments. But...
April 25, 2001 | National Office

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