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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).

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
Offshore oil not the path to wealth or jobs
(Vancouver) A report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds that offshore oil and gas development off BC's coast will not bring the hoped for levels of wealth or job...
December 4, 2001 | BC Office
New analysis by CCPA shows BC home to greatest wealth gap in Canada
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released an analysis today of wealth distribution in Canada by region. The regional numbers, obtained by special order from Statistics...
November 28, 2001 | BC 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
Le gouvernement Harris est l'auteur de sa crise fiscale
Dans une étude publiée aujourd’hui, le Budget alternatif de l’Ontario affirme que les réductions d’impôt du gouvernement Harris sont la seule cause de la crise fiscale...
November 7, 2001 | Ontario Office
Ontario's "made by the Harris government" fiscal crisis
In a study released today the Ontario Alternative Budget says that the Harris Government's tax cuts are the sole reason why Ontario is facing a revenue crisis. The study documents that the...
November 7, 2001 | Ontario Office
Report warns against "new era" of rising inequality
(Vancouver) Inequality increased in most provinces during the 1990s, but BC held its ground, according to a new report, Behind the Headlines 2001, from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives...
October 29, 2001 | BC Office
New CCPA study warns against privatizing public auto insurance
(Vancouver) A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives urges the provincial government to reconsider its plans to open auto insurance in BC to "full competition"....
October 10, 2001 | BC Office
Tax cut experiment must be called off, CCPA tells BC's Finance Committee
(Vancouver) New analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, presented today to the BC Legislature's Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, indicates proposed spending...
October 9, 2001 | BC Office

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