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In recent years, Canada has seen an explosion of low-skilled temporary foreign workers. Though outsourcing is not new, the practice is under renewed scrutiny—especially given the recent alleged in...
April 9, 2013 | National Office
In BC, 20 years of cuts to the public sector have had serious consequences. A report released today by our BC office shows how an understaffed public sector (the smallest in Canada) has left...
April 9, 2013 | BC Office
Working women in Ontario are doing all they can to get by: they're working hard, they're driving enrolments in bachelor and master's degree programs at our universitites. But when it comes to pay...
April 8, 2013 | Ontario Office
For anyone doing research on work and gender, here is a valuable resource: the Gender and Work Database is...
April 8, 2013
After four austerity budgets and lots of hide and seek, there are finally some answers about what services federal departments are going to cut. CCPA’s Senior Economist David Macdonald has...
April 8, 2013 | National Office
Our newest study, co-published with the Wilderness Committee, shows how "zero waste" policies would protect BC's environment and climate and create jobs. Read the report and download the...
March 28, 2013 | BC Office
For some old arguments in a new format, check out this Orwellian video,...
March 28, 2013 | National Office
Union women fought hard for equity gains over the past five decades. In the current climate of recession, cutbacks, and austerity, are we now losing ground? A very...
March 27, 2013
More and more we’re starting to hear how groups of precariously-employed workers are responding to the vagaries of the “new normal” labour market. From lower-skilled workers to professionals of...
March 27, 2013 | National Office

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