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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).

Think tank calls on feds to scrap spending cut plans
OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) urges the federal government to table a detailed budget that restores Canadians’ trust in the economy, public institutions, and democracy...
March 15, 2012 | National Office
Un institut de recherche demande au fédéral de laisser tomber ses plans de compressions des dépenses
OTTAWA – Le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives exhorte le gouvernement fédéral à déposer un budget qui redonne aux Canadiens confiance dans l’économie, les institutions publiques et la...
March 15, 2012 | National Office
Standards for Workers in Nova Scotia Not Up to Par
HALIFAX – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report today showing that standards for Nova Scotia’s non-unionized workers are well behind the standards...
March 1, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
An additional quarter billion dollars could go a long way in New Brunswick
(Halifax/Moncton)—The authors of a new report estimate that the New Brunswick government could increase its annual revenue by more than $260 million per year, if it chooses to make progressive...
February 20, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
Un quart de milliard de dollars de plus donnerait un bon coup de pouce à l'économie du Nouveau-Brunswick
(Halifax / Moncton) Les auteurs d'un nouveau rapport estiment que la province du Nouveau-Brunswick pourrait voir ses revenus annuels augmenter de plus 260 millions de dollars par année si...
February 20, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
BC government response to Ombudsperson’s report seriously inadequate: seniors care expert
(Vancouver) BC Ombudsperson Kim Carter’s report on the crisis in seniors care, released Wednesday, provides “an extraordinarily thorough, precise and do-able roadmap for rebuilding BC’s home and...
February 16, 2012 | BC Office
Canada’s economic recovery incomplete, mediocre: study
OTTAWA—The twin claims by political leaders that the damage done by the recession to the Canadian economy and labour market have been repaired and that Canada survived the recession much better...
January 26, 2012 | National Office
BC university students already pay the full cost of their degrees: Tuition reductions justified
(Vancouver) A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives challenges the conventional wisdom that the public heavily subsidizes post-secondary education. Paid in Full: Who Pays...
January 25, 2012 | BC Office
Federal spending cuts will cost more than 60,000 jobs: study
OTTAWA—Federal cutbacks announced in the 2010 and 2011 budgets will result in more than 60,000 job losses, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). Any...
January 23, 2012 | National Office
Les compressions du gouvernement fédéral entraîneront la perte de plus de 60 000 emplois selon une étude.
OTTAWA – Les compressions au niveau fédéral annoncées dans les budgets de 2010 et 2011 auront comme conséquence des pertes de plus de 60 000 emplois selon une étude publiée aujourd’hui par le...
January 23, 2012 | National Office

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