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COP30: Canada continues to be a global laggard on climate action
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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How condos, vacancies distort the affordability equation for renters in Canada
About the authorDavid MacdonaldDavid joined the CCPA as its Senior Ottawa Economist in 2011, although he has been a long time contributor as a research…
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Metro Vancouver home prices have been in the news in recent months, not due to bidding wars and double-digit price increases, but because we are…
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Canada’s rental market is, to say the least, unaccommodating
About the authorDavid MacdonaldDavid joined the CCPA as its Senior Ottawa Economist in 2011, although he has been a long time contributor as a research…
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Unaccommodating
Rental Housing Wage in Canada Download 1.81 MB35 pages THIS REPORT IS FROM 2019. CLICK HERE FOR THE UPDATED 2023 REPORT. This report maps rental…
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Skyrocketing rent pushes modest apartments out of reach for lower-income Canadians in 97% of neighbourhoods
New study maps the rental affordability crisis in Canada’s cities CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—In nearly every neighbourhood, in all parts of…
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Ontario’s blame game: financial literacy and the inadequate status quo
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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Manitoba Rent Assist shelter benefit came from community pressure: New report
WINNIPEG— A new paper released today documents some of the organizing history leading up to implementation of the Rent Assist shelter benefit and changes to…
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Making Space for Change
The Story of Manitoba’s Rent Assist Benefit Download 844.87 KB 24 pages This paper documents some of the organizing history leading up to implementation of…
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Towards Justice
Tackling Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada Download 1011.76 KB25 pages This report provides the third installment in a series of papers that track the gap…
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Ontario: Penny-pinching province trims transit credit for seniors
About the authorRicardo TranjanRicardo Tranjan directs the research program for the CCPA-Ontario. Ricardo’s expertise centres on Ontario public finances and the political economy of social…
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