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Who Really Benefits from Nova Scotia’s Tax Cuts?
We analyzed the main provincial tax measures introduced in budget 2025-26 and in budget 2026-27.
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It’s election time and Ontario still chooses not to eliminate poverty
My mother grew up in a poor family in the interior of Brazil, and raised four children just a few blocks from one of São…
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Writing links to the past
The Monitor sits down with award winning poet, playwright and author Terry Watada to discuss his work and the importance of Canada facing the troubling…
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CCPA-NS Annual Report 2021
Download 1.34 MB 16 pages In 2021 the CCPA-NS published on a range of important policy issues including child care, labour, housing, poverty, and fiscal…
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We keep us safe
When the Freedom Convoy came to Ottawa it was community members who organized to keep one another safe.
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Manitoba Health Coalition on Budget 2022
Premier Heather Stefanson began her tenure with a promise to listen to Manitobans. Her predecessor, Brian Pallister, had become identified with the chaos in Manitoba’s…
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A win for BC workers: single-step union certification
The BC government recently introduced legislation that allows a majority of workers in a workplace to organize a union a little more easily, making it…
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Fast Facts: Budget 2022 doubles down on hostile approach to public sector workers, missing the opportunity for recovery
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 4, 2002 Premier Stefanson’s first budget misses a huge opportunity to repair Manitoba’s struggling public service. Rather…
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Hate on display: How two years online helped shape a full scale occupation
What happened in Ottawa offers a window into the antagonism fed by two years of living in self-affirming bubbles, writes Erin Gee
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Killing Roe v. Wade could have ripple effects on democracy
A leaked draft decision of the U.S. Supreme Court suggests the iconic Roe v. Wade legislation could be overturned. That would directly impact women’s right…
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Four keys to achieving a just transition in Canada
Remarks to the House of Commons Natural Resources Committee on its study on a just transition
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Austerity is no solution for inflation
With rising inflation, it’s important to consider what governments can—and shouldn’t—do about it. Listening to the austerity hawks would do more harm than good.
