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No time to lose eradicating poverty
About the authorKatherine ScottKatherine serves as the director for the CCPA’s gender equality and public policy work. She has worked in the community sector as…
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Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This post is part of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from the…
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Ontario’s cap-and-trade cancellation to leave $3 billion fiscal hole
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…
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Designated Indigenous seats: A possibility for political inclusion?
As the Federal Court of Appeal’s quashing of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) showcases, a wide chasm remains between the federal government’s platitudes of…
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Climate denial, delay and defeatism
About the authorSimon EnochSimon Enoch is the senior researcher for Saskatchewan issues and policies. He holds a BA in Political Science, a Masters in Labour…
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Could carbon sanctions change the politics of climate change in Canada?
About the authorSimon EnochSimon Enoch is the senior researcher for Saskatchewan issues and policies. He holds a BA in Political Science, a Masters in Labour…
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Updated NAFTA deal a profound failure for climate action
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…
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Fast Facts: How to Make a Low Income Bus Pass Work
A year after announcing a 25-cent a trip fare increase, mayoral candidate Brian Bowman has promised to create a low-income transit pass if he is…
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Housing platforms and platitudes in the 2018 Vancouver election
It should be no surprise that Vancouver’s growing housing affordability crisis is the top issue going into the election. All candidates are in favour of…
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USMCA strikes a welcome blow against investor-state dispute settlement
About the authorScott Sinclair
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Manitoba’s Climate & Green Plan
Catastrophic Failure of Leadership Last week, the Manitoba government announced it would amend Bill 16, the “Climate and Green Plan,” to eliminate its flat $25/tonne…
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