Our publications are available to all at no cost. Please support the CCPA and help make important research and ideas available to everyone. Make a donation today.
-
Quality, not just quantity, of news outlets matter—especially in rural Canada
Communities in Canada—particularly smaller communities—are starving for local news coverage.
-
The promise of social planning: revisiting the CBC’s Citizens Forum
During the spring federal election, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on claims that the CBC is out of touch—elitist, irrelevant, bloated. Whether or not…
-
The case for a reimagined Radio Canada International
Imagine a service that anyone in the world can access for free. That not only provides accurate news about Canada but also world events and…
-
Hennessy’s Index
“From its inception the CBC was intended to convey Canadian culture and to be an instrument of national unity. These objectives have been difficult to…
-
Is the sun setting—or rising—on the CBC?
I was only a few years into my journalism career when the future began to visit the present. Newspapers were going through a hard time,…
-
CCPA annual report 2024
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is Canada’s foremost progressive think tank. As an independent, non-profit research institute, we focus on issues of social,…
-
The Monitor – Summer 2025
These days, there are many reminders to hold on to this one precious thing: our democracy. Not just ticking a box at election time, but…
-
Why did Canada just cave to Trump by scrapping the Digital Services Tax?
A lot doesn’t sit right about the Carney government’s capitulation to U.S. president Trump on the stillborn Digital Services Tax (DST), which would have taxed…
-
How Toronto tenants took on their landlords—and won—with rent strikes
Canada is in the middle of a housing crisis that is disproportionately affecting the most economically precarious renters. In 2022, a report found that in…
-
Liberals will need to rethink their promised budget cuts
The Liberal campaign platform promised big public sector “productivity” savings, but if you compare it to federal data, a concerning picture emerges. Some key highlights:
-
Northern pipeline the wrong nation-building plan
The Western Canadian climate-induced wildfires show that the time for action on climate is now. But earlier this month, the Premier of Mantioba pitched a…
-
November 2 – Errol Black Chair Fundraising Brunch 2025
Keynote Speaker Peggy Nash, CCPA Executive Director Sunday November 2,
