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In addition to our formal news releases (below), you can get informal news about CCPA's activities from our Updates. You can also view news releases and updates from specific CCPA offices across Canada or from specific projects and inititatives (such as The Growing Gap, Climate Justice, Alternative Federal Budget, and others).

Call for better construction worker safety in study released on 28th anniversary of tragic Bentall Tower IV accident
VANCOUVER - On the 28th anniversary of the deaths of four construction workers on the Bentall Tower IV, the BC Building Trades Council and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a...
January 7, 2009 | BC Office
Le Programme de stimulation de l’alternative budgétaire injecte 2% du PIB dans l’économie et permet de créer 407 000 emplois
OTTAWA—Le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) a publié aujourd’hui le Programme de stimulation fiscale de l’Alternative budgétaire pour le gouvernement fédéral,...
January 6, 2009 | National Office
Alternative Budget stimulus package injects 2% of GDP into economy and creates 407,000 jobs
OTTAWA—Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) fiscal stimulus plan, a one-year package that would create 407,000 jobs, boost the...
January 6, 2009 | National Office
Canada’s top CEOs reach new pay high
TORONTO – Canada may be in for a rocky economic ride, but the nation’s best paid 100 CEOs are still basking in the glow of the banner year of 2007: they got a record 22% average pay hike in 2007...
January 2, 2009 | National Office
CCPA report demonstrates Medicare’s financial viability
Publicly funded health care continues to be affordable in Canada according to a recent Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ analysis, Financing the Health Care System: Is Long-term...
December 15, 2008 | Saskatchewan Office
Poverty reduction commitment needed from all BC political parties
(VANCOUVER) As the provincial election draws closer, a new report calls on BC’s political parties to commit to legislated targets and timelines to dramatically reduce poverty and homelessness....
December 11, 2008 | BC Office
Budgets profoundly affect human rights says international report
(Ottawa)—On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights a new international report concludes that budgets profoundly impact the attainment of human rights, and...
December 8, 2008 | National Office
Ontario must get past the “d” word and deliver on investments to boost economy
TORONTO—During this economic downturn, Ontario could tolerate a deficit in its normal operations of up to $3 billion and provide temporary economic stimulus and support without falling into...
December 1, 2008 | Ontario Office
Softwood Lumber Agreement rebates not invested in BC
VICTORIA — In just two years, the Softwood Lumber Agreement has cost BC’s forest industry more than half a billion dollars in new export taxes and led some companies to invest outside the province...
November 27, 2008 | BC Office
Federal government response to economic crisis out of step
OTTAWA—The federal government’s response to Canada’s shaky economic situation is wildly out of step with what governments around the world are doing to protect their citizens, says the Canadian...
November 27, 2008 | National Office

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