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Canada slipping on gender equality
The World Economic Forum ranks Canada 20th in a global ranking of women's equality, slipping behind the United States. Read the story...
October 13, 2010
Malcolm Gladwell on income inequality: We're off the rails
He's written a string of best sellers, now one of North America's sharpest observers is taking on income inequality. He shows how our attitudes toward the gap between the rich and the rest of us...
October 12, 2010
Study: Nova Scotia must change energy cost politics
Halifax, Nova Scotia – It is time for Nova Scotia to focus on real energy affordability instead of the dubious and opportunistic politics of energy price increases.  In a new report...
October 11, 2010 | Nova Scotia Office
New book about women, written by Canadian women
Prominent Canadian women have a message for Prime Minister Stephen Harper: they refuse to be silenced. The women – feminists, activists, academics, economists, and former politicians –...
October 11, 2010 | National Office
CCPA 30th anniversary conference and gala dinner: November 18
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October 7, 2010 | National Office
A new approach to GDP projections
Although released in August, this Parliamentary Budget Office analysis examines the likelihood...
October 7, 2010 | National Office
Toronto's middle class is shrinking
A new report by Toronto Community Foundation shows the gap between low and high income neighbourhoods in Toronto is growing while the middle class is shrinking. In 1970, 66 per cent of...
October 6, 2010 | Ontario Office
Sshhh. It's an election.
Speech rights are one of our most precious freedoms, and never are they more vital than during an election. Yet in the lead-up to the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia, a significant...
October 5, 2010 | BC Office
Income gap won't be closing soon
On the weekend the Globe and Mail wrote about income inequality in the U.S., with some Canadian observations as well. Barrie McKenna writes: "Income is more evenly shared in Canada. But...
October 3, 2010
What we're reading: Spark
Here at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, we’re voracious readers.  Our latest favourite is Frank Koller's Spark...
October 1, 2010 | National Office

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