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December 19, 2023

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  • Canadian policy innovations

    About the authorJon MiltonJon Milton is a writer and editor on the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ communications team. His work focuses on social movements…

    April 2, 2024
  • The intersectional city

    About the authorVéronique SioufiVéronique Sioufi is a researcher and policy analyst specializing in racial and socio-economic equity at the CCPA BC office.

    April 2, 2024
  • Taking back our cities

    About the authorJon MiltonJon Milton is a writer and editor on the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ communications team. His work focuses on social movements…

    April 2, 2024
  • #Blocksidewalk, the last progressive NIMBY effort?

    About the authorThorben WieditzThorben Wieditz is an urban geographer who works at the intersection of labour, communities, and cities. He co-founded MetStrat, a progressive campaign…

    April 2, 2024
  • "Image of the Spinx, with the Golden Boy on top of the Legislator building in Winnipeg, manitoba, Canada."

    Manitoba Budget Delivers on Healthcare but falls short on social deficit

    For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One Territory):

    April 2, 2024
  • Finance, accounting and fintech, a man on a computer and calculator working out his business budget strategy. Businessman at his office desk, laptop, money management and financial investment online.

    The Cost of Poverty in Manitoba

    Health costs $347 million Crime $197 million  Opportunity Costs $1.6 billion  Intergenerational $324 million  Total cost of poverty in Manitoba $2.5 billion Cost per Manitoban $1,952 Poverty cost as a percent of Manitoba’s GDP…

    April 1, 2024
  • The Monitor – Spring 2024

    We can shape the future of urban life.

    April 1, 2024
  • What’s at stake in Canada’s trade negotiations with Ecuador?

    Canada and Ecuador are currently engaged in Free Trade Agreement negotiations slated for completion by 2025, with a clear emphasis on safeguarding Canadian mining investments…

    March 31, 2024
  • Time for a new public transit investment plan

    Imagine being able to get from almost anywhere in BC to anywhere else on public transit, as one might in Europe or Asia. Or visitors…

    March 28, 2024
  • Funding cuts = disaster

    A return to cuts would be disastrous for BC and its economy

    Under-investment in public services and infrastructure not only hurts BC families, it also hurts our economy.  With the BC government projecting deficits in the latest…

    March 27, 2024
  • farmer walking through farm

    New Report—Falling Short: Troubles with the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in Nova Scotia

    Halifax/Kjipuktuk – Today, with the Migrant Workers in the Canadian Maritimes Partnership, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released the new report Falling Short: Troubles…

    March 27, 2024
  • Elevated view of farmlands in the Annapolis Valley.

    Falling Short: Troubles with the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in Nova Scotia

    About the authorCCPA – NS

    March 27, 2024
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