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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).

Environmental tax shifting cannot replace regulation
(Vancouver) The BC office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a report today that evaluates a new policy tool's ability to protect our environment. Shifting Ground: A CCPA-BC...
October 26, 2000 | National Office, BC Office
Internal trade negotiations a solution in search of a problem, CCPA says
(Ottawa) Federal-provincial negotiations to expand the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) should be stopped, according to a briefing paper by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, In Search...
October 19, 2000 | National Office, BC Office
CCPA calls for government action to improve the lives of women in British Columbia
(Vancouver) On the eve of the World March of Women and a conference on women's economic security co-hosted by Premier Ujjal Dosanjh and Women's Equality...
October 12, 2000 | BC Office
Reality Check: Alternative Economic Update shows Liberals have reneged on 50/50 spending promise
OTTAWA--An Alternative Economic Update released today shows that between the 1997 election and fiscal 2001, the Liberals will have spent only 2 per cent of the fiscal dividend on social investment...
October 12, 2000 | National Office
Pour faire le point
Ottawa–Une mise à jour économique alternative publiée aujourd’hui démontre qu’entre l’élection de 1997 et l’exercice financier 2001, les Libéraux n’auront consacré que 2 p. cent du dividende...
October 12, 2000 | National Office
Flying Without a Net
(OTTAWA)--Although the economic well-being of Canadian workers has improved notably in the past two years, it remains significantly poorer than before the last recession, mainly because of a sharp...
September 28, 2000 | National Office
Sequel to Seattle
Despite the dramatic breakdown of global trade talks in Seattle in December 1999, sweeping negotiations are now quietly underway in Geneva to subject an ever-greater degree of democratic decision-...
September 13, 2000 | National Office
New CCPA report lauds Vancouver Island Highway construction as a model for equity training and hiring
(Vancouver) The face of labour is changing, and the Vancouver Island Highway Project offers a Labour Day lesson for the future, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy...
August 31, 2000 | BC Office
Crisis in BC's resource sectors driven mainly by global factors
(Vancouver) The BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a groundbreaking new study today. Follow the Money: Understanding the Crisis in BC's Resource Sector finds that...
July 26, 2000 | BC Office
In the corporate interest
The presence of the Youth News Network (YNN) has disrupted the school community, created a climate of divisiveness, and placed schools in the service of the YNN corporation, according to a report...
July 10, 2000 | National Office

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