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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).

The right to strike and the provision of emergency services in Canadian health care
Should health care professionals and support staff have the right to strike? Why have more than 200,000 of them walked off the job for varying periods since 1999--whether they had the legal right...
December 10, 2002 | National Office, Nova Scotia Office
Manitoba Research Alliance to explore community economic development in the new economy
November 29, 2002 | Manitoba Office
Romanow report
OTTAWA--The Romanow report is a clear rejection of the status quo and a pragmatic step in the right direction to secure the future of public health care, according to CCPA economist Armine...
November 28, 2002 | National Office
New study explains why Canada should not jump on the monetary integration bandwagon
OTTAWA--Spurred by a plummeting Canadian dollar which has been subjected to strong speculative pressures during the last decade, support has built up for greater monetary integration and even for...
November 21, 2002 | National Office
Raw log exports eliminating up to 1,500 jobs in BC
(Vancouver) The BC government is forfeiting hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in revenue by allowing a dramatic increase in raw log exports. An estimated 800 forestry jobs, or $162 million...
November 20, 2002 | BC Office
NAFTA and other trade agreements prevent adoption of independent industrial policy
(OTTAWA) International trade agreements and other market-driven reforms in recent years have stripped nation-states of many tools to implement the activist industrial policies needed to promote...
November 15, 2002 | National Office, BC Office
Government policies "structurally adjust" Canadian agriculture
(OTTAWA) The term "structural adjustment" is most commonly used to describe the onerous "free market" programs imposed on highly-indebted developing nations by the World Bank and International...
November 14, 2002 | National Office
Larger investment in Canada's poorest needed
(OTTAWA) Social policy in Canada should go further to address the needs of Canada's poorest, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, titled Snakes and Ladders:...
October 31, 2002 | National Office, BC Office
Co-operatives could help solve Canada's housing crisis, report shows
Winnipeg — While Canada’s cities are in crisis, housing co-operatives can be part of the solution, a report released today by the Canadian...
October 31, 2002 | Manitoba Office
Alternative Federal Budget predicts big surpluses
OTTAWA: The Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) project, coordinated by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, released its Economic and Fiscal Update today. The report, contrary to...
October 29, 2002 | National Office

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