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Public funding for Education in Manitoba
Introduction1 High quality public schooling is an expensive commitment. In Manitoba the operating costs for the 2015-16 school year was $2.24 billion, which translates to…
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Site C is not necessary and if completed would raise British Columbians’ Hydro bills: submission
CCPA-BC submission reconsiders the economics of Site C dam READ THE FULL SUBMISSION HERE. Vancouver–The Site C dam is not necessary, and moving forward to…
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Revisiting the Economic Case for Site C
About the authorMarc LeeMarc Lee is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Marc joined the CCPA’s British Columbia office in 1998,…
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Fast Fasts: Cutting taxes is not the answer
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 9, 2017 Last week I was chatting with my uncle, a retiree on a fixed income, about…
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The August 8, 2017 announcement that the new NDP government was fulfilling a promise to end tuition fees for Adult Basic Education students and English…
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Yes, Mr. Weston, you can afford a living wage
Loblaw Companies Ltd. chairman and CEO Galen G. Weston recently joined the chorus of business leaders to come out against the Liberal’s proposal to increase…
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Half of Ontario families losing ground: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – Ontario is becoming more polarized as the bottom half of Ontario families see their share of…
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Losing Ground
Income Inequality in Ontario, 2000–15 Download 820.5 KB32 pages This paper examines 15 years of income inequality for families raising children in Ontario (2000 to…
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What to make of Canada’s priorities for the NAFTA renegotiation?
About the authorCCPA National Office
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5 reasons to be skeptical of Keep Ontario Working’s “risk” analysis of Bill 148 and $15 minimum wage
Keep Ontario Working (KOW), a coalition of business groups, has released its analysis of Bill 148, the legislation that will increase the minimum wage in…
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Media advisory: Economic experts available to comment on positive impact of minimum wage raise
TORONTO, ONTARIO – With a business lobby-led economic impact assessment on Ontario’s Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, due out this August, economic experts…
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Budget 2018: Time to lean in gentlemen
About the authorKate McInturffKate McInturff was a Senior Researcher at the CCPA’s National Office. The CCPA mourns the loss of Kate, a feminist researcher and…
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