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Alternative federal budget 2026: Agriculture
What the Canadian government should do on agriculture. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
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Manitoba’s Debt and Fiscal Outlook
Round Two The province’s May 4 news release reminds us how much the private sector and government finances are being affected by the pandemic, the…
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Working multiple jobs to make ends meet: More common in BC than we might think
The devastating toll of COVID-19 in nursing homes across the country has drawn attention to the fact that many workers in long-term care work at…
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Canada’s modest drop in air pollution highlights magnitude of decarbonization challenge
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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An impossible choice: at least 540,000 low wage workers risk losing CERB if they refuse unsafe work
With provincial economies starting to reopen, we need to take a close look at the workers most at risk. Reopening is sometimes framed as if…
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Work Life: COVID 19 Revealing Inequities in Canada’s Labour Market
The strange times we’re living in are bringing many issues into sharp focus for the public at large. This is true with regard to the…
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Working multiple jobs to make ends meet in BC
VANCOUVER – The need to work multiple jobs to make ends meet has contributed to the tragedy in seniors homes during the COVID-19 crisis, but…
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Ontario’s frontline workers deserve much more than applause
Workers on the front lines of our economy stock our grocery shelves, pack boxes in warehouses, and deliver our food. As COVID-19 rages on, they…
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Work Life: Rowing against the tide of history
Manitoba’s pandemic response could do lasting damage to Manitoba economy Previously published by CBC Manitoba Opinion April 25, 2020 Manitoba’s provincial government is keen to…
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Legislated paid sick leave is long overdue
Workers in British Columbia without a union collective agreement have no paid sick leave rights under the Employment Standards Act—the provincial legislation that contains the…
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Good times at the top of the food chain aren’t being felt at the bottom
COVID-19 has meant hard times for many Canadians. On the health front, more than 50,000 of us have contracted the virus. Tragically, more than 3,000 have…
