• Railway workers’ right to strike compromised by corporate regulatory capture

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  • Time to reinstate the Manitoba gas tax

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 28, 2024

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    Does “green trade” have a future?

    As the world bears witness to a proliferation of worrying climate news, from record-breaking heat waves to hurricanes to forest fires, it also seems to see a…

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    PEI Media: New Report – 2024 Living Wages for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

    HALIFAX/K’jipuktuk – For the first time since 2020, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released the living wage for Prince Edward Island. The report—which, for…

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    NL Media: New Report – 2024 Living Wages for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

    HALIFAX/K’jipuktuk – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released its annual living wage update for Newfoundland and Labrador, in a report that also includes living…

  • 2024 Living Wages for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

    As part of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) continuing work to support living wages, its Nova Scotia office has released its annual living wage update…

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    Surging youth unemployment demands our full attention

    Young people have been hit hard by unemployment this summer, according to July’s labour force report. With the school year set to begin, many young…

  • Our Schools/Our Selves – Summer/Fall 2024

    If we, as educators and as social justice advocates who have dedicated our lives to anti-racism and equity work, find that the limits of our…

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    World Court decision on Israel’s occupation takes aim at Canadian trade policy

    On July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion affirming what Palestinians, legal scholars, and many observers have argued for years—Israel’s…

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    NS Media: New Report – 2024 Living Wages for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

    Halifax/Kjipuktuk—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released its annual living wage update for Nova Scotia—which, for the first time, provides a broad regional…