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CETA and the implications for health care
The CCPA’s Scott Sinclair and Teresa Healy from the Canadian Labour Congress recently presented on the implications of the proposed Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and...
November 13, 2012 | National Office
Impaired Judgement: The Economic and Social Consequences of Liquor Privatization in Western Canada
In Alberta and British Columbia, liquor retail privatization has meant higher liquor prices but lower government revenue. Moreover, the increased availability of alcohol brought on by...
November 6, 2012 | Saskatchewan Office
CETA and Nova Scotia: Who Pays for 'Free' Trade?
As the federal government continues to move forward with the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (“CETA”) our research finds that the benefits are being oversold while the costs and...
November 1, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
Striking shifts in education and community activism
The Fall 2012 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves is about the links between education and activism, but it focuses extensively on issues raised before, during and since the Québec student...
October 16, 2012 | National Office
The Case for A Living Wage
In a new CCPA-Ontario report, Jordan Brennan looks at the history of the minimum wage and living wage in Ontario and makes the case for a living wage as an essential tool to help reduce income...
October 11, 2012 | Ontario Office
Will BC break its own GHG emissions law?
In 2007 the BC government legislated targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), but just five years later, the province’s 2012 Natural Gas Strategy risks breaking that legislation. Our...
October 10, 2012 | BC Office
More equitable compensation needed for vulnerable workers
In Canada, many workers do not earn a living wage—that is, sufficient income to afford the basics of life—because of discrimination. Women workers and those who are racialized, immigrant,...
October 5, 2012 | Ontario Office
Analysis of Saskatchewan's Renewal of Labour Legislation
Unions in a Democratic Society: A Response to the Consultation Paper on the Renewal of Labour...
September 24, 2012 | National Office, Saskatchewan Office
Ontario could be hard hit by new trade deal
A trade deal between Canada and the EU that's being negotiated in Ottawa this week could have devastating effects on Ontario. The CCPA's new report, ...
September 19, 2012 | Ontario Office
Time for Ontario to go public with child care
The Ontario government is in a ...
September 17, 2012 | Ontario Office

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