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December 9, 2023

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  • Man putting EV charger into electric vehicle at charging station. in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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    Shift Storm

    Canada’s EV shift is stuck between a rock and a hard place

    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…

    March 26, 2026
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    BC Solutions Magazine

    BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office (May 2023)

    Download 3.45 MB16 pages But is it a good job? Understanding employment precarity in BC We know BC has a gender pay gap—it’s time to do…

    May 1, 2023
  • The Monitor – Full Issues

    The Monitor, May/June 2023

    The Labour Issue: Rebuilding the working class Download 3.85 MB Browse the latest edition of The Monitor online here On International Workers’ Day, we celebrate…

    May 1, 2023
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    The Missing Piece in Health and Education

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 1, 2023 Although recent media coverage of our healthcare and education problems here in Manitoba has been…

    May 1, 2023
  • Aerial photo of Smithers mill surrounded by piles of logs
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    Policy Note

    Promises of cleaner air up in smoke

    Calls for BC environment minister to suspend pellet mill permit Every year, the air in the Bulkley Valley community of Smithers becomes hazardous to human…

    April 28, 2023
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    Waning transparency in Canada: Is access to information broken?

    At the federal, provincial and even the local level, there was a time when governments in Canada seemed to think transparency about their operations was…

    April 27, 2023
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    Unions & Worker’s Rights

    Public sector leading the way on reducing pay gaps

    But inflation and low government wage offers threaten to erase those gains.

    April 27, 2023
  • Salary difference between employees. Rich and poor businessman. Wage inequality.
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    Tired of Waiting: Rectifying Manitoba’s Pay Gap

    Download 888.36 KB64 pages Pay discrimination and inequality persist in Manitoba, with women earning on average 71 per cent of what men earn. Pay inequity…

    April 27, 2023
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    Pay Equity

    Pay Gap in Manitoba – New Report Launched at Press Conference on April 27th, 2023.

    Winnipeg, Treaty One–A new report Tired of Waiting: Rectifying Manitoba’s Pay Gap published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is being launched at a…

    April 26, 2023
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    Le financement des écoles ajusté à l’inflation a chuté de 1 200 $ par élève en Ontario

    Le programme idéologique dirigé contre l’éducation publique se déploie à plein régime — les compressions financières se conjuguant à des changements de structures de gouvernance.

    April 24, 2023
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    News & Commentary

    Farmers can’t rely on corporate-controlled GM crops for climate solutions

    It’s theoretically possible to us GM as a climate solution—but in reality, it will worsen corporate industrial agriculture.

    April 22, 2023
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    Public Services & Privatization
    Unions & Worker’s Rights

    Public sector strike: It’s about how inflation is gouging wages

    Federal public sector workers haven’t seen an inflation-adjusted raise since 2007—the worst of any industry in Canada.

    April 21, 2023
  • Disability Justice
    Income & Wealth Inequality
    News & Commentary

    The Senate should adopt Bill C-22

    Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology by CCPA senior researcher Katherine Scott

    April 21, 2023
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