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Fast Facts: Make Homelessness History
Homelessness has recently been much in the news, because of the tragic deaths of three homeless people in Winnipeg and also because of the Canadian…
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BC’s Carbon Emissions on the Rise
It was a good story while it lasted. Over the past few years, the BC government and many in the policy community have spun a…
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Liberal election platform shifts the chips for the rich, takes a pass on the middle class
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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A Penny For Your Thoughts
How corporatization devalues teaching, research, and public service in Canada’s universities Simmering conflicts in higher education have reached the boiling point across Canada and around…
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Fast Facts: Rickety altar of balanced budgets
Manitoba’s Provincial Budget 2015 It is unfortunate that the sitting government has to waste valuable political capital maneuvering around obstructionist balanced budget legislation (BBL), but…
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Iglika’s wild idea: A living wage for all Canadians
CCPA-BC Senior Economist Iglika Ivanova presents her “wild idea” at Transforming Society: 5 Wild Ideas for a Better Future, an event hosted by Changemakers Vancouver, Upstream…
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Unionization key to Canadian middle class economics: study
OTTAWA—The share of unionized workers in Canada has dropped by only two percent over the past generation, but union representation dramatically affects workers’ ability to…
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The Union Card
A Ticket Into Middle Class Stability Download 1.09 MB40 pages This report examines 30 years of unionization and income data to examine the impact of…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2015, Volume 18, Number 2 Download 2.04 MB8 pages Inside this issue: 11 things to know about Budget 2015 by Iglika Ivanova A YES…
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The Monitor, May/June 2015
Welcome to Your New Monitor Download 4.59 MB After more than two decades, the Monitor is rebooting to seize new political opportunities and adapt to…
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Infographic: The Middle Class Squeeze
The link between unionization and the middle class Did you know that the loss of private sector union jobs in Canada is putting a squeeze…
