National Office Updates

The Three Amigos: How Income Inequality in Mexico is different than Canada and the U.S.

An examination of income inequality in North America reveals that Mexico is the only part of the continent where the middle class has been gaining from growth, according to a...

May 18, 2012 | National Office

New report lifts fog on government job cuts

Due to the opaque reporting methods used by the federal government to detail its spending and employment projections, getting a clear picture of core public service job losses is unnecessarily...

May 16, 2012 | National Office

Study reveals secret Canadian bank bailout

Throughout the 2008-2010 financial crisis, Canadian banks were touted by the federal government—and the banks themselves—as being much more stable than other countries’ big banks. Canadians we...

April 30, 2012 | National Office

What’s at stake for working seniors?

It is argued by some that eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) at age 65 discourages older Canadians from remaining in the workforce, and that we need...

April 16, 2012 | National Office

Taxing the rich

There's a growing movement in Canada to pressure our governments to ask those who have more to give to contribute more in taxes. A new Environics Poll for the...

April 10, 2012 | National Office

Income Inequality Un-Canadian: Poll

The Broadbent Institute has launched its new Equality Project with a poll by Environics Research that shows the majority of Canadians view growing income inequality as a big problem with long-term...

April 10, 2012 | National Office

Youth and Community-led Activism in Canada

In spite of system and systemic failure, young people are—with creativity, passion and determination—fighting for change across sectors and within communities. They are pushing the progress...

April 5, 2012 | National Office

Why we need a Canadian sector development policy

Today CCPA released a paper on sector development policy by Jim Stanford. The general goal of...

April 4, 2012 | National Office

Federal budget commentary and analysis

The federal budget will leave Canadians peniless in more ways than one. Read CCPA's news release in reaction to the budget...

March 29, 2012 | National Office

Tuition fees and accessibility to higher education

This week, three hundred thousand students from 178 associations are boycotting their classes in Quebec to protest the provincial government's decision to raise tuition fees $325 a year for the...

March 22, 2012 | National Office

CCPA releases Alternative Federal Budget 2012

Today, CCPA releases the Alternative Federal Budget 2012: A Budget for the Rest of Us. This year's AFB presents a public investment plan that promotes a better quality of life for all...

March 15, 2012 | National Office

Inequality: The role of unions and race

The University of Toronto's Richard Florida has an important two-part series in The Atlantic focusing on what is driving the growing income gap in American cities. In particular, he and...

March 8, 2012 | National Office

America or Sweden: Which would you choose?

Ask Americans, as Micheal I. Norton and Daniel Ariely did in this study, to build their ideal system of wealth distribution and...

February 22, 2012 | National Office

Is the free trade debate back on the agenda?

CBC Radio's The House did a segment last Saturday (Feb. 11) on the Harper government's bilateral free trade strategy and specifically its approach to China. CCPA's Scott Sinclair was on...

February 15, 2012 | National Office

The ugly new face of capitalism

A halting and fragile "recovery" from the biggest global economic meltdown since the Great Depression has seen the growth of the ugliest side of capitalism....

February 15, 2012 | National Office

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–Bruce Campbell, Executive Director

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