• Mixed signals

    With a growing number of communities who are deprived of local news, Hamilton offers an example of how Canada’s public broadcaster could step in.

  • Manitoba Budget 2025

    Budget 2025 takes further steps towards repairing public services while also providing stimulus for the provincial economy to counter 25% tariffs from the United States…

  • Find out how news deprived your community is

    The last 16 years have not been kind to local news outlets in Canada. Find out how your city fits into the bigger picture.

  • Signaux contradictoires

    Depuis deux décennies, Hamilton tente d’obtenir une station de radio locale de CBC. Les réponses apportées à ses demandes sont un exemple édifiant de l’approche…

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    Delivering for you or for a few? Saskatchewan’s 2025 Budget

    If there was any mystery around this year’s Saskatchewan provincial budget, it was how the government would respond to the Trump tariff threat through public…

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    A eulogy for carbon pricing–and what comes next

    Canada’s bold experiment with carbon pricing is over, pulled by new Prime Minister Mark Carney to remove a controversial wedge issue before the coming federal…

  • CCPA Ask Us Anything webinar

    CCPA non-partisan, independent policy experts will answer your questions about interprovincial trade barrier myths, jobs, getting social supports on the policy agenda and more!

  • Privation d’information

    Les 16 dernières années n’ont pas été tendres pour les médias locaux au Canada. Ce rapport crée un nouvel ensemble de données qui permet de suivre…

  • Emblèmes canadiens

    Le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) a confié à Environics Research le mandat de mener une série de discussions de groupe avec des Canadiennes…

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    CCPA Nova Scotia Annual Report

    2024 marked CCPA Nova Scotia’s 25th anniversary. Over these 25 years, we’ve made an incredible impact, becoming a trusted source of knowledge as the go-to…

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    Canada Free Trade Agreement amendments: A race to the bottom

    One of the most egregious components of the Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) is the restriction that governments should demonstrate that any new regulations they…

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    Letter from the Chair: Welcome Peggy Nash

    On behalf of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Board of Directors, I’m happy to announce that Peggy Nash will be the CCPA’s new executive…