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Ontario renters can’t wait: the province must step up
About the authorRicardo TranjanRicardo Tranjan directs the research program for the CCPA-Ontario. Ricardo’s expertise centres on Ontario public finances and the political economy of social…
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The hidden and not-so-hidden casualty of COVID-19
About the authorsAvvy GoAvvy Go is the Clinic Director of the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic and a founding steering committee member of Colour…
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The coronavirus crisis: Wake-up call for an economic paradigm shift¹
About the authorBruce CampbellBruce Campbell is former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Adjunct Professor, York University, Faculty of Environmental and Urban…
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Ontario needs to spend at least $58 million more a month to fix long-term care staffing crisis: CCPA
TORONTO – As the COVID-19 death toll mounts, the Ontario government must immediately spend at least $58 million more a month on staffing to help…
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Getting a grip on essential medical supplies
A version of this blog was published as an op ed in the Toronto Star. Canadians won a reprieve when the Trump administration and 3M, a…
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Mental health, substance use and COVID19: Getting ahead of a perfect storm
About the authorMary BartramMary Bartram is the Director of Policy at the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
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Local governments and regional authorities like TransLink have been missing from federal and provincial economic responses to COVID-19. Local governments are facing collapsing revenues, and…
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Social prescribing in the age of COVID-19
About the authorTrish HennessyTrish is the Director of the Think Upstream project and a senior communications strategist with the CCPA National Office. She is focused…
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Park it: Wi-Fi access is not educational equity
About the authorErika ShakerErika (she/her) became Director of the National Office in 2020, but began her career at the CCPA in 1997 as director of…
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