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BC government should repeal all secretive, haphazard cuts
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver-The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is calling on the BC government to reverse all cuts to public programs and/or…
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Affordability gap between rich and poor
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – There is a major affordability gap between Canada’s richest and poorest households, says a new Canadian Centre for…
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The Affordability Gap
Spending differences between Canada’s rich and poor Download 395.98 KB17 pages About the authorSteve Kerstetter
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Canada breaks ranks on bankers’ bonuses
Canada likes to think of itself as the country that emerged from the financial crisis squeaky clean. Too bad it is abdicating a leadership role…
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Alternative Provincial Budget for Nova Scotia – balancing priorities
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX–The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia released its ‘alternative budget’ today. The NS Alternative Budget Working Group, which is…
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Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2009
Responding to the Crisis, Building for the Future Download 1.05 MB39 pages About the authorCCPA – NS
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Piecing together the puzzle: help us track BC government cuts
Since winning the May election, the provincial government has been steadily cutting public services, often without any public announcement. These cuts affect services ranging from…
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Fast Facts: The Councils of Women vs. the municipal corporate utility
Last fall there was growing concern about a proposal to convert the City of Winnipeg Water and Waste Department into a stand-alone municipal utility and…
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What should our government be spending money on?
One question that is missing from the public debate on deficits and debt is whether we’re getting the best bang for the stimulus buck. Even…
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That sinking feeling: BC’s forests and CO2 emissions
As everyone knows, BC has a lot of trees. From a climate change perspective the nice thing about trees (forests, really) is that they suck…
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Putting our government debt in perspective (now with graphs)
It turns out that our province is in a good fiscal position to engage in deficit-financing at this time. BC’s debt-to GDP ratio has been…
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Should we be afraid of the government debt?
Governments around the world are running large deficits in order to prop up their economies and dampen the hit of the global recession. For almost…
