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CC – Loop – 4 Col Blog Feature

CC – Loop – 4 Col Blog Feature

December 5, 2023

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  • Illustration: Gina Gill
    Militarism and war
    News & Commentary

    Fact sheet: The Golden Dome and Canada

    The United States has proposed to develop the “Golden Dome,” the most ambitious missile defence system ever envisioned. The aim is to build a multi-layered…

    July 22, 2025
  • Illustration: Ginal Gill
    Federal Budgets
    News & Commentary

    Where will the federal government cut to pay for military spending and tax cuts?

    Supports to First Nations, veterans, new Canadians, and international aid could be on the chopping block—just for starters

    July 17, 2025
  • Illustration—Gina Gill
    Labour & Worker’s Rights
    News & Commentary

    Canadian workers deserve better work-life balance

    In the post-Covid world, workers face an ever more alienated and isolated environment. 

    July 9, 2025
  • colorful wooden building blocks in the floor at home or kindergarten, educational toys for creative children
    Child Care
    Children & Youth
    Reports

    The price is not right (yet): $10-a-day child care falling short of target

    By early 2026 parents in Canada should be able to put their young kids in child care for an average of $10 a day. With less than a year to go only six of 13 provinces and territories have met the target.

    July 9, 2025
  • Image: iStock
    Digital Divide & Internet Policy
    News & Commentary
    Public Services & Privatization

    Canada should build public cloud infrastructure rather than relying on U.S. tech giants

    During the 2025 election campaign, prime minister Mark Carney made a striking admission about Canada’s dependence on U.S. tech companies. The Canadian government was in…

    July 8, 2025
  • Regulation/Deregulation
    Reports
    Trade

    The premiers’ new clothes: A critical look at the race to remove interprovincial trade barriers

    The costs of interprovincial trade barriers have been vastly overstated, while the rush to remove them risks a race to the bottom in areas like health and workplace safety

    July 7, 2025
  • Image: iStock
    Digital Divide & Internet Policy
    News & Commentary
    Tax Policy
    Trade

    Why did Canada just cave to Trump by scrapping the Digital Services Tax?

    A lot doesn’t sit right about the Carney government’s capitulation to U.S. president Trump on the stillborn Digital Services Tax (DST), which would have taxed…

    June 30, 2025
  • Federal Budgets
    News & Commentary

    Liberals will need to rethink their promised budget cuts

    The Liberal campaign platform promised big public sector “productivity” savings, but if you compare it to federal data, a concerning picture emerges. Some key highlights:

    June 30, 2025
  • Events

    Errol Black Chair Fundraising Brunch 2025 November 2

    Keynote Speaker Peggy Nash, CCPA Executive Director Hotel Fort Garry, 222 Broadway, Winnipeg MB

    June 26, 2025
  • Illustration: Gina Gill
    News & Commentary
    Unemployment & Underemployment

    Youth unemployment is approaching a boiling point in Ontario

    Canada is confronting a deepening youth employment emergency that policy-makers and political debates have largely overlooked, as a recent CCPA analysis highlighted. 

    June 17, 2025
  • Wildfires
    Climate Change
    Environment & Sustainability
    News & Commentary

    To fight wildfires and heat waves, Manitoba needs a climate plan

    FACING a record-breaking heat wave in early May, Manitoba has had a devastating start to its unofficial fifth season — fire season — as wildfires…

    June 10, 2025
  • Neoliberalism
    Democracy & Electoral Rights
    Neoliberalism
    News & Commentary

    Before the far right threatened democracy, neoliberalism stripped it down

    Fears of the erosion of democracy pervade the headlines. The rise of authoritarian populists around the world, with Donald Trump being the most emblematic, has…

    June 10, 2025
  • News & Commentary
    Regulation/Deregulation
    Trade

    Let’s call Bill 5 what it is—a power grab

    During Ontario’s February electoral campaign, Doug Ford capitalised on domestic and international stories which affectionately dubbed him “Captain Canada.” Donning a “Canada is Not for…

    June 5, 2025
  • The Red River
    Agriculture & Farming
    Environment & Sustainability
    Manitoba
    News & Commentary

    North Dakota Cow Crap Will Harm Lake Winnipeg

    Massive dairy concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) being permitted and proposed in North Dakota are a threat to our waterways, including Lake Winnipeg and the…

    May 27, 2025
  • Image: iStock
    Education
    News & Commentary
    Provincial Budgets

    Ontario has underfunded schools by $6.3 billion since 2018

    The 2025 Ontario budget has lots of big numbers, but fails to address funding shortfalls in core program areas. CCPA’s same-day budget analysis examined the…

    May 23, 2025
  • Illustration: Gina Gill
    Housing & Homelessness
    News & Commentary

    Can the federal Build Canada Homes program finally crack the nut of housing affordability?

    While housing took a backseat to the Trump trade war in the 2025 federal election, the Liberal platform included some important new plans to boost…

    May 23, 2025
  • Ontario legislature
    News & Commentary
    Provincial Budgets

    Don’t be fooled by big numbers—Ontario budget fails to address years-long funding shortfalls

    A lot has happened since the last Ontario budget. U.S. President Donald Trump launched a trade war against Canada and the rest of the world.…

    May 15, 2025
  • Image source: iStock
    Artificial Intelligence
    News & Commentary

    Do you trust AI to deliver your EI?

    This week Prime Minister Mark Carney announced MP Evan Solomon as Canada’s first “minister for artificial intelligence (AI) and digital innovation.” There is no doubt…

    May 15, 2025
  • Photo by Province of British Columbia
    British Columbia
    Climate Change
    Climate Change
    Energy Policy
    Environment & Sustainability
    Fracking & LNG
    Fracking & LNG
    Reports

    Painting itself into a corner: LNG and the climate-affordability trade-off in B.C.

    The B.C. government has painted itself into a corner by claiming to be climate action leaders while at the same time encouraging increased gas production for export

    May 14, 2025
  • Photo: Hai Phung (via Unsplash)
    Elections & Politics
    Federal Election
    Manitoba
    News & Commentary

    What might the federal election results mean for Manitoba?

    Photo by Hai Phung on Unsplash

    May 2, 2025
  • British Columbia
    Employment & Labour
    Reports
    Skills/deskilling/training
    Trades

    Building better

    Community benefits agreements are a creative and effective way to build a better construction workforce

    April 11, 2025
  • Health Equity
    News & Commentary

    Working toward reproductive justice in Manitoba

    Imagine walking into a pharmacy and picking up birth control without a second thought about cost. For many people in Manitoba, this became a reality…

    April 7, 2025
  • silver watch laying on a white surface
    Health Care
    Reports

    No Time to Wait

    In any public discussion of health care in Canada, the question of wait-times will inevitably come to the fore. For many, wait-times have come to…

    October 21, 2024
  • Employment & Labour
    Income Inequality
    Living Wage
    Reports

    2023 Living Wage for Regina and Saskatoon

    The Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ living wage calculation for Regina and Saskatoon is a little different from past years. That’s…

    October 15, 2024
  • Image: iStock
    Income Inequality
    News & Commentary

    Time for a real poverty reduction strategy in Ontario

    The word “poverty” has been conspicuously absent from the Ontario government’s 2025 budget and any plans to “protect Ontario” from tariff-related uncertainty. This is bad…

    July 22, 2025
  • Illustration: Gina Gill
    Inclusive Economy
    Labour & Worker’s Rights
    News & Commentary

    Don’t be fooled by the “productivity” panic in Canada

    Canada is facing an affordability crisis. But instead of confronting the root causes, political leaders have turned to an old culprit: low productivity. If we…

    July 21, 2025
  • Illustration: Gina Gill
    Climate Change
    News & Commentary

    Climate policy at B.C.’s carbon crossroads: 10 steps for CleanBC renewal

    The end of 2025 will mark a decade since the Paris Agreement on climate change was negotiated. This review of the CleanBC plan is occurring…

    July 16, 2025
  • News & Commentary
    Provincial Budgets
    Trade

     A sober second thought on direct-to-consumer alcohol sales 

    Through all the talk of Trump, tariffs and interprovincial trade, direct-to-consumer (DTC) alcohol sales have emerged as a somewhat unexpected cause célèbre among policymakers. During…

    July 15, 2025
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article contents
  1. Fact sheet: The Golden Dome and Canada
  2. Where will the federal government cut to pay for military spending and tax cuts?
  3. Canadian workers deserve better work-life balance
  4. The price is not right (yet): $10-a-day child care falling short of target
  5. Canada should build public cloud infrastructure rather than relying on U.S. tech giants
  6. The premiers’ new clothes: A critical look at the race to remove interprovincial trade barriers
  7. Why did Canada just cave to Trump by scrapping the Digital Services Tax?
  8. Liberals will need to rethink their promised budget cuts
  9. Errol Black Chair Fundraising Brunch 2025 November 2
  10. Youth unemployment is approaching a boiling point in Ontario
  11. To fight wildfires and heat waves, Manitoba needs a climate plan
  12. Before the far right threatened democracy, neoliberalism stripped it down
  13. Let’s call Bill 5 what it is—a power grab
  14. North Dakota Cow Crap Will Harm Lake Winnipeg
  15. Ontario has underfunded schools by $6.3 billion since 2018
  16. Can the federal Build Canada Homes program finally crack the nut of housing affordability?
  17. Don’t be fooled by big numbers—Ontario budget fails to address years-long funding shortfalls
  18. Do you trust AI to deliver your EI?
  19. Painting itself into a corner: LNG and the climate-affordability trade-off in B.C.
  20. What might the federal election results mean for Manitoba?
  21. Building better
  22. Working toward reproductive justice in Manitoba
  23. No Time to Wait
  24. 2023 Living Wage for Regina and Saskatoon
  25. Time for a real poverty reduction strategy in Ontario
  26. Don’t be fooled by the “productivity” panic in Canada
  27. Climate policy at B.C.’s carbon crossroads: 10 steps for CleanBC renewal
  28.  A sober second thought on direct-to-consumer alcohol sales 

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  • Illustration: Gina Gill
    Militarism and war
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    Fact sheet: The Golden Dome and Canada

    The United States has proposed to develop the “Golden Dome,” the most ambitious missile defence system ever envisioned. The aim is to build a multi-layered…

    July 22, 2025
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    Income Inequality
    News & Commentary

    Time for a real poverty reduction strategy in Ontario

    The word “poverty” has been conspicuously absent from the Ontario government’s 2025 budget and any plans to “protect Ontario” from tariff-related uncertainty. This is bad…

    July 22, 2025
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    July 22, 2025

    Fact sheet: The Golden Dome and Canada

  • Income Inequality
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    July 22, 2025

    Time for a real poverty reduction strategy in Ontario

  • Inclusive Economy
    Labour & Worker’s Rights
    News & Commentary
    July 21, 2025

    Don’t be fooled by the “productivity” panic in Canada

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    July 21, 2025

    Housing isn’t just shelter

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