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Canada cannot have it both ways on climate and fossil fuel expansion
With great fanfare and a claim that Canada is back, Prime Minister Trudeau helped usher in the Paris Agreement on climate change in December 2015.…
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Better Child Care for Ontario
In a response to the Ontario Ministry of Education’s consultations on child care and early years strategy, CCPA-Ontario Director Trish Hennessy says that child care…
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Infographic: Is Canada exporting its climate problem?
Our latest study shows a dramatic rise in Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel extraction. In 2015 (the most recent year there was data…
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Extracted Carbon
Re-examining Canada’s contribution to climate change through fossil fuel exports Download 2.8 MB 34 pages This study re-examines Canada’s contribution to global climate change in…
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Canada responsible for ballooning greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel exports: new study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The amount of fossil fuel removed from Canadian soil that ends up in the atmosphere as harmful carbon dioxide has…
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What will Trump target in a NAFTA renegotiation?
On his first full day in office, Donald Trump made good on his pledge to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), effectively killing the deal.…
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3.2 million people and you still can’t see us
An estimated 3.2 million people turned out for Women’s Marches around the world on Saturday. The sea of protesters had barely arrived on the Washington…
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Carbon Pricing and Climate Mitigation Backgrounder – Part I of II
The federal government has stated that if provinces don’t impose a price on carbon, it will impose its own price by 2018. Trudeau has stated…
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Math That Matters 2
In MathThatMatters2, David Stocker has crafted another 50 lessons linking mathematics and social justice. For educators keen to provide rich learning opportunities and differentiated content that…
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Pulling Back the Curtain on University Financial Reports
The need to “tighten our belts” is heard so often in the public sector, it is pretty much accepted without question. This is certainly the…
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Beyond Banksters is an eye-opening exposé of a ravenous financial system
A review of Beyond Banksters: Resisting the New Feudalism, by Joyce Nelson, Watershed Sentinel Books, 164 pages, $20.00Over the course of my 70-plus years as…
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Economic Prosperity, Social Justice and Environmental Protection Can Co-Exist: Nova Scotia Alternative Budget is proof
An Open Letter to the Nova Scotia Minister of Finance Today is the deadline for Nova Scotians to submit their ideas for this year’s provincial…
