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CC – Loop – 4 Col Blog Index Simple

December 19, 2023

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  • Illustration: Gina Gill

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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
  • 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
    Trade and Investment Research Project

    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
  • 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
  • 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

    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

    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

    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
  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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)

    What might the federal election results mean for Manitoba?

    Photo by Hai Phung on Unsplash

    May 2, 2025
  • Building better

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

    April 11, 2025
  • 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

    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
  • 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

    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

    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
  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Housing isn’t just shelter

    The housing challenges we are experiencing in Canada are not unique, but Canada is falling behind other countries.

    July 21, 2025
  • Illustration: Gina Gill

    Most provinces are refusing hundreds of millions in federal pharmacare funding 

    Provinces and territories that have not joined the new national universal pharmacare program are missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in potential federal…

    July 17, 2025
  • Illustration: Gina Gill

    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
  • Trade and Investment Research Project

     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
  • colorful wooden building blocks in the floor at home or kindergarten, educational toys for creative children

    Le prix n’est pas encore le bon : Les frais de garde n’atteignent pas l’objectif de 10 $ par jour

    D’ici le début de l’année 2026, les parents canadiens sont censés pouvoir inscrire leurs jeunes enfants à des services de garde pour une moyenne de 10 dollars par jour. À moins d’un an de l’échéance, seulement six des treize provinces et territoires ont atteint cet objectif.

    July 9, 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. Housing isn’t just shelter
  28. Most provinces are refusing hundreds of millions in federal pharmacare funding 
  29. Climate policy at B.C.’s carbon crossroads: 10 steps for CleanBC renewal
  30.  A sober second thought on direct-to-consumer alcohol sales 
  31. Le prix n’est pas encore le bon : Les frais de garde n’atteignent pas l’objectif de 10 $ par jour

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