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December 19, 2023

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  • 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
  • Illustration: Gina Gill

    Federal “one Canadian economy” legislation is a power grab 

    On June 6, Prime Minister Mark Carney tabled his much-anticipated “one Canadian economy” legislation that purports to help the government build nation-making projects and tear…

    June 11, 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
  • Illustration: Gina Gill

    Low income families in Canada have less disposable income than ever

    Canadian households spent an average of $76,750 on goods and services in 2023, a substantial increase of 14.3 per cent over 2021. This boost in spending was…

    June 6, 2025
  • Canada Post is a vital Canadian institution—why doesn’t the government act that way?

    On May 23, Canada Post workers once again entered a legal strike position. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) had previously been on strike…

    June 5, 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
  • Beyond Recovery

    Still struggling: Racialized workers in the post-pandemic labour market

    Racialized workers in Canada faced extra challenges during the pandemic. The recovery has been equally difficult.

    June 3, 2025
  • Canada’s most expensive election promise was climate inaction

    The following is a re-print of the April 2025 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…

    May 28, 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
  • 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: Hai Phung (via Unsplash)

    What might the federal election results mean for Manitoba?

    Photo by Hai Phung on Unsplash

    May 2, 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
  • homeless boy holding a cardboard house, dirty hand

    Infrastructure costs an excuse to ban apartments on residential land, but are actually cheaper for high-density housing, new research shows

    VANCOUVER — In the midst of a housing crisis, infrastructure costs are used increasingly as an excuse for restrictive zoning policies in BC, which effectively…

    January 15, 2025
  • Worried about Infrastructure Costs? Then End the Apartment Ban

    Takeaways:  Opponents of building more homes in British Columbia, and especially denser, lower-cost options like apartments, often wield the argument that their communities lack the…

    January 15, 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
    Trade and Investment Research Project

    Canada must not implement Ecuador free trade deal, say civil society organizations

    We urge you to reconsider this trade agreement and to prioritize the protection of human rights, environmental sustainability, and the rights of Indigenous peoples. There must…

    June 9, 2025
  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    As the U.S. drops the ball on forced labour, Canada must pick it up

    Almost five years after Canada’s July 2020 ban on importing goods produced using forced labour, we have very little to show for it. Canadian Border…

    June 4, 2025
  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Canada’s private sector workers need labour law reform

    For private sector unions, the overarching trend of the last forty years has been one of decline. The rise of neoliberalism during the 1980s ushered…

    May 28, 2025
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  1. Youth unemployment is approaching a boiling point in Ontario
  2. Federal “one Canadian economy” legislation is a power grab 
  3. To fight wildfires and heat waves, Manitoba needs a climate plan
  4. Before the far right threatened democracy, neoliberalism stripped it down
  5. Low income families in Canada have less disposable income than ever
  6. Canada Post is a vital Canadian institution—why doesn’t the government act that way?
  7. Let’s call Bill 5 what it is—a power grab
  8. Still struggling: Racialized workers in the post-pandemic labour market
  9. Canada’s most expensive election promise was climate inaction
  10. North Dakota Cow Crap Will Harm Lake Winnipeg
  11. Ontario has underfunded schools by $6.3 billion since 2018
  12. Do you trust AI to deliver your EI?
  13. What might the federal election results mean for Manitoba?
  14. Working toward reproductive justice in Manitoba
  15. Infrastructure costs an excuse to ban apartments on residential land, but are actually cheaper for high-density housing, new research shows
  16. Worried about Infrastructure Costs? Then End the Apartment Ban
  17. No Time to Wait
  18. 2023 Living Wage for Regina and Saskatoon
  19. Canada must not implement Ecuador free trade deal, say civil society organizations
  20. As the U.S. drops the ball on forced labour, Canada must pick it up
  21. Canada’s private sector workers need labour law reform

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    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
  • Illustration: Gina Gill
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    Federal “one Canadian economy” legislation is a power grab 

    On June 6, Prime Minister Mark Carney tabled his much-anticipated “one Canadian economy” legislation that purports to help the government build nation-making projects and tear…

    June 11, 2025
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    Unemployment & Underemployment
    June 17, 2025

    Youth unemployment is approaching a boiling point in Ontario

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    Regulation/Deregulation
    Trade
    June 11, 2025

    Federal “one Canadian economy” legislation is a power grab 

  • Climate Change
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    June 10, 2025

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

  • Democracy & Electoral Rights
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    June 10, 2025

    Before the far right threatened democracy, neoliberalism stripped it down

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