News Releases

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).

Open letter calls on BC political parties to recommit to BC's GHG reduction laws; platforms must spell out climate actions

(Vancouver) Leading environmental organizations, unions and a wide range of other groups are calling on the government and opposition to launch a frank conversation about climate change during the...

February 6, 2013 | BC Office

Change in direction on tax policy needed to escape budget crunch, ensure high-income British Columbians and corporations pay fair share: study

(Vancouver) The BC government likes to boast that our province has the lowest personal and corporate income taxes in Canada, but a new report says that’s nothing to be proud of. “A decade-...

January 29, 2013 | BC Office

Income inequality spikes in Canada's big cities

OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ analysis of new data on Canada’s richest 1% shows how much the income gap has been rising in Canada....

January 28, 2013 | National Office, Ontario Office

Canada missing $145 billion in infrastructure due to underfunding: study

OTTAWA—Underinvestment in infrastructure is not a crisis but a chronic problem in Canada, says a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The study, by economist and...

January 24, 2013 | National Office

Canada can learn from Norway’s management of oil wealth—study

OTTAWA—A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives compares the Canada and Alberta experience to that of Norway, another major petroleum producing and...

January 17, 2013 | National Office

Le Canada peut s’inspirer de la gestion du patrimoine pétrolier par la Norvège, selon une étude

OTTAWA – Une nouvelle étude du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives compare l’expérience du Canada et de l’Alberta à celle de la Norvège, autre important pays producteur et exportateur...

January 17, 2013 | National Office

New trade treaties jeopardize fisheries regulation

Ottawa – The proposed Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and other trade and investment treaties threaten the sustainability of fisheries and fishing...

January 9, 2013 | National Office

Les nouveaux traités commerciaux mettent en danger la réglementation des pêches

Ottawa – L’Accord économique et commercial global (AECG) proposé entre le Canada et l’Union européenne et d’autres traités sur le commerce et l’investissement menacent la...

January 9, 2013 | National Office

Women’s earnings in BC lag national average: report

(Vancouver) A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives compares the earnings of women in BC to those in the rest of Canada. The report was authored by Marjorie Griffin Cohen, an...

December 17, 2012 | BC Office

New study: Big SK corporations positioned to influence government

Regina — A new study from the Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that corporate leaders in Saskatchewan are positioned to play a major role in shaping public...

December 17, 2012 | Saskatchewan Office

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