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Failure, by design: Ontario’s deepening hospital funding crisis
The Ontario hospital funding crisis is harming patients, especially people living in smaller and rural communities
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There is renewed attention on Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in the wake of the recent damning report from the UN Special Rapporteur on…
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Railway workers’ right to strike compromised by corporate regulatory capture
About the authorBruce CampbellBruce Campbell is former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Adjunct Professor, York University, Faculty of Environmental and Urban…
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Time to reinstate the Manitoba gas tax
About the authorsNiall HarneyNiall (he/him) joined CCPA-Manitoba in February 2022 as the Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues. His research focuses on labour markets, income…
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Does “green trade” have a future?
About the authorGavin FridellGavin Fridell is a University Research Professor in Global Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax and a member of the…
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PEI Media: New Report – 2024 Living Wages for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
HALIFAX/K’jipuktuk – For the first time since 2020, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released the living wage for Prince Edward Island. The report—which, for…
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NL Media: New Report – 2024 Living Wages for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
HALIFAX/K’jipuktuk – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released its annual living wage update for Newfoundland and Labrador, in a report that also includes living…
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2024 Living Wages for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
About the authorsChristine SaulnierChristine Saulnier (she/her) is Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia. She has a doctorate in Political Science from York…
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Surging youth unemployment demands our full attention
About the authorKatherine ScottKatherine serves as the director for the CCPA’s gender equality and public policy work. She has worked in the community sector as…
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Our Schools/Our Selves – Summer/Fall 2024
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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World Court decision on Israel’s occupation takes aim at Canadian trade policy
About the authorMichael BueckertMichael Bueckert is Vice President at Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME). He has a PhD in Sociology…
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NS Media: New Report – 2024 Living Wages for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
Halifax/Kjipuktuk—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released its annual living wage update for Nova Scotia—which, for the first time, provides a broad regional…
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Building Inclusive Communities: A Policy Agenda for Nova Scotia Municipalities that Leaves No One Behind
About the authorsKyle BuottChristine SaulnierChristine Saulnier (she/her) is Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia. She has a doctorate in Political Science from…




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