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Nobody’s Business: Airbnb in Toronto
It’s supposed to be a “home sharing” platform, but a small percentage of hosts account for just under half of all Toronto Airbnb revenue, according…
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Fast Facts: Balancing Convenience with Social Responsibility
Liquor regulation in Manitoba A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives MB report: Balancing Convenience with Social Responsibility: Liquor regulation in Manitoba examines the way…
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Previewing Canada’s climate action plan
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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It should be enough to know that it is the right thing to do. We should support foster youth in their transition to adulthood—youth for…
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An increase so small it keeps minimum wage workers in poverty
Today, BC’s lowest paid workers get a 40-cent raise. The latest increase of the provincial minimum wage—now $10.85 per hour for most workers isn’t much…
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Rising housing prices fuel the growing gap
Vancouver is now a “city of millionaires”, according to Environics’ 2016 Wealthscapes report: In B.C., the red-hot real estate market fueled a rise in average net worth,…
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It’s time for a meaningful increase to BC’s minimum wage
Today, BC’s lowest paid workers get a 40-cent raise. The latest increase of the provincial minimum wage—now $10.85 per hour for most workers isn’t much…
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Canada-EU trade deal will result in job losses, lower wages, and worse inequality
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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Household debt is far too high, why it’s going to go higher still
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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New child benefit is good, not great
2013 2014 2017 pre-CCB 2017 post-CCB Actual 11.2% 8.5% Modelled by SPSD/M 8.6% 8.7% 7.6% 6.0% Modelled by ESDC unknown unknown Unknown…
Chris Devers
Ryan Swift
