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A new CCPA report reveals staggering disparities in parents’ experiences with child care across the country. Prices are highest in Toronto and lowest in cities…
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The crumbling case for two-tiered health care
Brian Day has put Canadian universal health care on trial in BC Supreme Court, seeking to swing the doors open to privatization by challenging foundational…
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The year as we saw it: 10 charts that defined Ontario in 2016
The experts at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Ontario office have been tracking economic developments in Ontario throughout the year. Some problems persist: the…
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Growth Spurt: What skyrocketing child care fees mean for families
About the authorErika ShakerErika (she/her) became Director of the National Office in 2020, but began her career at the CCPA in 1997 as director of…
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A critical guide to the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
After working on climate and energy issues intensively for the past nine years, I would love to scream from the rooftops about how Canada now…
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Will the BC government continue to ignore its own budget consultation?
Every fall, BC conducts a month-long budget consultation process and for at least the last three years, the provincial government hasn’t acted on its own…
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Canada’s climate ambition gap (in one chart)
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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The Risks of Rushing CETA
A briefing note on Bill C-30, implementing legislation for the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Download 127.42 KB7 pages The implementing legislation for the…
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Fast Facts: Reconciliation Lives Here
State of the Inner City Report 2016 This year’s State of the Inner City Report tackles arguably the most important issue of our time: healing…
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Une étude révèle les villes canadiennes où les garderies coûtent le plus cher et le moins cher en 2016
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT OTTAWA — Le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) a dévoilé aujourd’hui une nouvelle étude qui révèle les villes…
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