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The benefits of adult education outweigh the costs
Adult basic education is a provincially funded program that reduces poverty, promotes reconciliation and improves the school performance of the children of adult learners.
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Legislated paid sick leave is long overdue
Workers in British Columbia without a union collective agreement have no paid sick leave rights under the Employment Standards Act—the provincial legislation that contains the…
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Good times at the top of the food chain aren’t being felt at the bottom
COVID-19 has meant hard times for many Canadians. On the health front, more than 50,000 of us have contracted the virus. Tragically, more than 3,000 have…
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Bank of Canada must “keep innovating” beyond pandemic: Think tank
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – The Bank of Canada (BoC) must “keep innovating” to help governments support jobs, protect public services, and address…
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The Bank of Canada and Crisis Management
COVID-19 and Beyond Download 409.69 KB17 pages The COVID-19 crisis has caused a tectonic shift in Canada’s public finances. On April 1, the Bank of…
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The Monitor, May/June 2020
Putting Housing Poverty on Notice Download 5.37 MB In our first issue following the outbreak of COVD-19 in Canada, Monitor contributors assess the federal and…
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Work Life: Failure to act fails us all…Manitoba income supports needed during COVID
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 1, 2020 Manitoba must help those being clobbered financially by the COVID-19 pandemic: it is the right…
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None of us are safe until all of us are safe
About the authorsRalph BenmerguiCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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Workers in which sectors were hit hardest by COVID-19 closures
Further to my other work looking at who has lost either their job or the majority of their hours between February and March, in this…
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Fast Facts: Austerity Agendas, COVID and Universities
An inside view As I write this, the University of Manitoba and all other post-secondary institutions are desperately working to meet the Pallister governments edicts,…
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New animated video for kids and their families during COVID-19
About the authorTrish HennessyTrish is the Director of the Think Upstream project and a senior communications strategist with the CCPA National Office. She is focused…
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PSE student support program: Does it pass the test?
About the authorsDavid MacdonaldDavid joined the CCPA as its Senior Ottawa Economist in 2011, although he has been a long time contributor as a research…
