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December 19, 2023

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  • How badly do we need roads?

    About the authorHadrian Mertins-KirkwoodHadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) is a senior researcher and political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. His work focuses on federal…

    March 27, 2024
  • Newcomers funding banner

    Budget fails to fund enough supports for newcomers to BC

    New immigrants, temporary foreign workers and international students are bearing the brunt of the blame for the housing crisis and strain on public services where…

    March 26, 2024
  • Row of buildings

    A modest proposal

    About the authorDavid MacdonaldDavid joined the CCPA as its Senior Ottawa Economist in 2011, although he has been a long time contributor as a research…

    March 26, 2024
  • Aerial View of Winnipeg, Manitoba during Summer

    No need to sacrifice life’s pleasures

    About the authorCCPA-MB

    March 25, 2024
  • Closeup renewable energy engineers duo evaluates sustainable energy metrics on laptop backdrop of tower wind turbines at rural site. Green ecological power generation wind sustainable energy concept.
    Understanding Precarity in BC

    Submission to the 2024 BC Labour Relations Code Review

    About the authorsIglika IvanovaIglika Ivanova was a Senior Economist and the Public Interest Researcher at the CCPA-BC.Véronique SioufiVéronique Sioufi is a researcher and policy analyst…

    March 22, 2024
  • Beyond Recovery: A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery | Panel discussion

    This year we published A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery: Increased precarity of women hotel workers in British Columbia. Join us for a panel discussion featuring the…

    March 21, 2024
  • A Spoonful of Sugar? Election budget may conceal a more uncertain economic future

    About the authorsSimon EnochSimon Enoch is the senior researcher for Saskatchewan issues and policies. He holds a BA in Political Science, a Masters in Labour…

    March 21, 2024
  • Profile paper silhouettes of people in different skin tones

    Evaluating BC Budget 2024’s commitments to racial equity

    Poverty reduction is a crucial element to advancing racial equity in BC, but the province’s new targets for reducing overall poverty are insufficiently ambitious and…

    March 21, 2024
  • Blurry image of three silhouettes

    Alliance report unites self-employed workers and solo-entrepreneurs

    About the authorJudy RebickJudy Rebick was the founding publisher of rabble.ca and a leader in the pro-choice movement during the 1980s.

    March 21, 2024
  • Two people working in a factory

    Building the trades

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday March 19, 2024

    March 19, 2024
  • The Canadian Dental Care Plan will have higher copayments than expected

    About the authorBrandon DoucetBrandon Doucet is a Nova Scotia based dentist and founder of the Coalition for Dentalcare.

    March 15, 2024
  • Woman in hotel stacking towels in a shelf

    Closing the Gap between a living wage and minimum wages in Newfoundland and Labrador

    About the authorCCPA – NS

    March 13, 2024
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