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  • Housing & Homelessness
    Income Inequality

    Susan Henry talks about poverty in Vancouver, Canada

    https://vimeo.com/3670687 Susan is an advocate at First United Church in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside — the poorest neighbourhood in Canada. The church lets homeless people take…

    March 27, 2009
  • Housing & Homelessness
    Income Inequality

    The Time is Now

    A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC https://vimeo.com/3346138 This is the first chapter in a narrated slideshow about poverty in British Columbia and what we can…

    March 27, 2009
  • Economic Indicators
    Government Finance
    Reports

    Fast Facts: Is it time to expand the role of the Central Bank?

    Download 492.4 KB 2 pages

    March 27, 2009
  • Employment & Labour
    Income Inequality

    Erna Calingasan: The struggle to get by on low pay

    Erna Calingasan talks about the struggle to get by working two low-wage jobs. Part of a video series by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…

    March 26, 2009
  • Corporations & Corporate Power
    Employment & Labour
    Environment & Sustainability
    Reports
    Tax Policy

    Cruising Without a Bruising

    Cruise Tourism and the Maritimes Download 1.27 MB 56 pages

    March 26, 2009
  • Government Finance
    Public Services & Privatization
    Reports
    Tax Policy

    Hit and Miss

    Ontario’s 2009-10 Budget Download 188.43 KB3 pages

    March 26, 2009
  • Corporations & Corporate Power
    Employment & Labour
    Environment & Sustainability
    News Release
    Tax Policy

    New report questions economic benefits of cruise industry for the Maritimes

    Halifax, NS­ The Maritimes experienced an 1800 percent increase in cruise passenger numbers between 1990 and 2008. However, the author of a new Canadian Centre…

    March 26, 2009
  • Environment & Sustainability
    Reports

    Shortchanged

    Tallying the Legacy of Waste in BC’s Logging Industry Download 824.07 KB4 pages Attachments Letter of Complaint to the BC Forest Practices Board Shortchanged: Data…

    March 25, 2009
  • Education
    Municipalities
    Reports
    Tax Policy

    Will the New Property Tax System Save Our Neighbourhood Schools?

    Download 1.97 MB12 pages

    March 25, 2009
  • Environment & Sustainability
    News Release

    Wood wasted at BC logging sites would fill a cross-country truck convoy — twice

    Costs include thousands of potential jobs, sharply higher CO2 emissions: report CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new report on BC’s forest…

    March 25, 2009
  • Employment & Labour
    Policy Note
    The Economy

    BC leads country in rising EI claims

    According to today’s Statscan release, unemployment insurance (EI) claims were up 47% in January 2009 compared to January 2008. This makes BC the leader in…

    March 24, 2009
  • Employment & Labour
    Income Inequality

    Minimum Wage: Staying the course right decision

    The Minimum Wage Review Committee, with representatives from labour and business organizations at the table, is an example of how public policy should be made…

    March 24, 2009
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  1. Susan Henry talks about poverty in Vancouver, Canada
  2. The Time is Now
  3. Fast Facts: Is it time to expand the role of the Central Bank?
  4. Erna Calingasan: The struggle to get by on low pay
  5. Cruising Without a Bruising
  6. Hit and Miss
  7. New report questions economic benefits of cruise industry for the Maritimes
  8. Shortchanged
  9. Will the New Property Tax System Save Our Neighbourhood Schools?
  10. Wood wasted at BC logging sites would fill a cross-country truck convoy — twice
  11. BC leads country in rising EI claims
  12. Minimum Wage: Staying the course right decision

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    Federal Budgets
    Gender Equality
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    Cuts to Women and Gender Equality Canada will take us back to the Harper days 

    On April 28, women voters delivered a major victory for the Liberal party, turning around the electoral fortunes of a party that had been trailing…

    July 25, 2025
  • Federal Budgets
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    Public Services & Privatization
    Unemployment & Underemployment

    A stiff price to pay: Predicting federal job losses due to Carney’s cuts

    The newly elected federal government has promised major military spending increases and tax cuts. To pay for it, the government is seeking 15 per cent…

    July 24, 2025
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    Gender Equality
    News & Commentary
    July 25, 2025

    Cuts to Women and Gender Equality Canada will take us back to the Harper days 

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    News & Commentary
    Public Services & Privatization
    Unemployment & Underemployment
    July 24, 2025

    A stiff price to pay: Predicting federal job losses due to Carney’s cuts

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    Fact sheet: The Golden Dome and Canada

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    Time for a real poverty reduction strategy in Ontario

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