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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).

For cash and future considerations
OTTAWA--Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), while promoted as an innovative approach to the provision of public goods and services, are playing a damaging role in Ontario's universities, according...
September 24, 2003 | National Office, Ontario Office
Rough trade
OTTAWA--The draft text of the World Trade Organization's declaration submitted to the upcoming "Ministerial" session in Cancun, Mexico, is heavily biased to the priorities and interests of the...
September 11, 2003 | National Office
Canada and developing nations should resist competition policy rules at Cancun WTO Ministerial
OTTAWA--A new study warns that a WTO agreement on competition policy could have a number of negative consequences. It recommends that WTO Ministers reject a proposal to negotiate competition...
August 29, 2003 | National Office, BC Office
NS tax cut increases inequality between Halifax and rest of the province and between women and men
HALIFAX - According to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives the Hamm government's 10% income tax cut will increase the economic inequality between Halifax and the...
July 31, 2003 | Nova Scotia Office
Nova Scotia's 10% income tax cut
HALIFAX - According to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives the Nova Scotia provincial income tax cut for 2004 will provide minimal, if any, benefit to middle and...
July 25, 2003 | Nova Scotia Office
Expansion of industrial salmon farming likely to produce few or no new jobs in BC, new economic study shows
Vancouver--A new economic study shows that industrial salmon aquaculture will deliver no or few new jobs in BC, even if the industry doubles in size. What's more, the industry...
July 17, 2003 | BC Office
ICBC move to discriminatory rates first step in dismantling of public auto insurance
(Vancouver) The announcement earlier this week by the Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC) that it intends to increase optional insurance premiums for young and old drivers, and for those living in...
July 4, 2003 | BC Office
Deep integration with U.S. not such a bright idea--study
OTTAWA--The "Big Idea"--a bargain that would see Canada giving the U.S. a strong North American security perimeter and greater access to our energy resources in return for supposedly secure access...
June 26, 2003 | National Office
Adult Learning Centres Earn Top Marks
Adult Learning Centres, which began to emerge in an unplanned way seven years ago, have become a powerful and effective new approach to education in Manitoba, particularly as regards Aboriginal...
June 25, 2003 | Manitoba Office
When Worlds Collide
OTTAWA--A new study jointly released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) has concluded that government support for non-...
June 16, 2003 | National Office

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