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Canadian investors need to stop suing foreign governments over environmental-friendly policies
Canadian corporations are taking advantage of Canada’s free trade and investment agreements to undermine environmental policies in developing countries. And it’s putting the global fight…
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Fast Facts: Cutting Access Program Funding bad for Manitoba
First published by CBC online May 11, 2019 Getting ahead is becoming virtually impossible for people in severe financial need who want to go back…
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BC child care spending shows the power of good public policy. What’s next?
On May 1, the Living Wage for Families Campaign released new living wage rates for 12 BC communities. Even though costs are increasing steeply for…
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Ontario public health cuts will endanger the public
About the authorsThilina BanderaCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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BC’s LNG tax breaks and subsidies offside with the need for climate action
The BC government’s new fiscal framework for LNG is fundamentally at odds with the province’s CleanBC climate plan. Details in the government agreement with LNG…
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A critical look at BC’s new tax breaks and subsidies for LNG
Download 843.48 KB12 pages Overall, the new BC government has offered a much sweeter deal to the LNG industry than what the previous government was…
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A living wage for St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
Download 433.74 KB 29 pages This report provides an up-to-date calculation of a living wage for workers living in St. John’s. The report finds that…
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A basic income if necessary, but not necessarily a basic income
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…
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The case of affluenza
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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Reality check: High BC gas prices and pipeline rhetoric from Alberta’s new premier
Alberta’s new premier, Jason Kenney, has wasted no time engaging in belligerent actions to “get Alberta’s resources to market.” Right off the bat he passed…
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Study reveals $18.85 an hour is a living wage in St. John’s
(HALIFAX, NS/ST.JOHN’S, NL)—In order to earn a living wage, a person working a full time, full year job in St. John’s would need to be…
