Updates from the CCPA

BC's water: time to stop giving it away for free

The largest industrial water users in BC pay little to nothing for the water they use, and in most cases are not even required to track or report what they use. The provincial government...

June 11, 2013 | BC Office

On Guard for the Economy

Here's a nice video of Jim Stanford's presentation to the AFL. On Guard for the Economy reminds us all...

June 10, 2013

History and Drama of a Prairie Commons

Once the victim of hasty prairie settlement, the PFRA Community Pastures became grassland jewels through belated foresight and science-based planning. The termination of this world-class program...

June 7, 2013 | Saskatchewan Office

Private Member Bill C-525 - Card Check Federal Sector

Here is some useful information on this issue. Will add to it as more material comes in. Jim Stanford has reviewed Private Member ...

June 7, 2013

Merit Canada Speech on Open Shops

Here's a speech from the president of Merrit Canada calling for...

June 6, 2013

Conservative Party National Convention: Policy Resolutions/Amendments

Here's the Conservative Party's...

June 6, 2013

Jim Stanford argues against Right To Work

This link will take you to a debate (broadcast on BNN) between Canadian Auto Workers economist Jim Stanford and the Labour Watch...

June 5, 2013

Labour Law and the New Inequality

In response to the intensifying attack on labour (now we're looking at a private members's bill to eliminate the card check system for federal public unions) here is another piece to put in your...

June 5, 2013

There is power in working across generations

Over the past few years, a number of media reports and popular articles have reported at length on the idea of generational tensions—focusing largely on what divides generations, not on what...

June 3, 2013 | National Office

Video: Shrinking the divide between the inner city and the suburbs

On October 13th, 2012, CCPA-MB facilitated an intergenerational learning and youth exchange at Thunderbird House in Winnipeg. In attendance were four elders and 30 students from Community...

May 30, 2013 | Manitoba Office

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