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For the first time in 25 years, BC’s workplace rights are being reviewed. Disappointingly, however, the fulsome consultation needed to develop policies for the realities…
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New job numbers in, still no credible evidence against minimum wage raise
Canada Ontario Employment growth +1.2% +1.2% Unemployment rate +0.3% +0.2% Employment in wholesale and retail trade -2.0% – 1.3% Employment in food and accommodation…
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LNG Canada: Short-term politics trumps long-term climate responsibility
LNG Canada’s final investment decision to build a natural gas liquefaction facility in Kitimat is a triumph of short-term politics over long-term responsibility to act on…
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What we heard: Frequent, Affordable, Safe and Accessible
The key to achieving a more equitable transportation system in Winnipeg Key Findings from the Transportation Townhall meeting Access to affordable, reliable, safe, and accessible…
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Fast Facts: Drop the Stereotypes, and Deal with the Real Problem
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 28, 2018 In August the Free Press published an article (Safety complaints at Lord Selkirk Park, Aug.…
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Elite private schools rake in public funds while special needs students go without
Every year the BC government provides hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding to private schools, including elite prep schools. Given that BC’s public…
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Gender equality: We’re going to need more than a week to make it real
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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Frame job: Ontario’s review of the books is an ideological exercise
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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Fighting poverty through tax credit reform
One way to fight extreme inequality is to have a progressive tax system. We mostly think about this in the form of progressive income tax…
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Fast Facts: Tax increment financing and True North Square
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 20, 2018 On Thursday September 20, Winnipeg City Council will vote on a motion to clear the…
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Alternative Federal Budget 2019: No time to lose
About the authorStuart TrewStuart serves as director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP), which pools the expertise of academic, labour and non-governmental…
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