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The path to prosperity set out in budget 2025 leaves millions behind
About the authorKatherine ScottKatherine serves as the director for the CCPA’s gender equality and public policy work. She has worked in the community sector as…
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Fast Facts: Failure to invest in post-secondary education puts Manitoba’s future in jeopardy
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Thursday, April 4, 2019 At a time when other jurisdictions are finding ways to invest in post-secondary…
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Fighting back, pushing forward: Ontario students are saying no to education cuts
About the authorOur Schools / Our Selves
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Elevating Indigenous women’s voices is critical to addressing gendered colonial violence
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] “No one deserves the violence and pain we go through.” “Nothing changes because our lives are not…
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Can Metro Vancouver afford more equitable access to transit for youth and low-income households?
In Metro Vancouver the #AllOnBoard campaign is making the case for equitable access to transit for youth and low-income households. The campaign is calling for:…
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Deferred prosecution agreements or avoid jail and pay a fine
Deferred prosecution agreements—or DPAs—are much in the news these days thanks to now former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould’s momentous resignation from the federal cabinet. DPAs…
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CCPA–BC submission on modernizing the Employment Standards Act
Response to the BC Ministry of Labour consultation paper Download 1.46 MB 22 pages This submission shares our recommendations for modernizing the Employment Standards Act…
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A burning issue: As greenhouse gas emissions from forest fires grow, Ottawa has role to play in restoration
As one of the largest and the most extensively forested countries in the world, Canada faces unique challenges in tackling climate change. Wildfires are burning…
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Reality check: Only BC’s very richest paying higher tax rate
Under personal tax changes announced by the BC government over the past year and a half—including elimination of Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums—the vast majority…
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A Green New Deal for Nova Scotia Needed Now: Alternative Budgets Lay the Ground
(Thousands $) Fiscal Baseline 2018-19* Alternative Budget 2019-20 Alternative Budget 2020-21 Alternative Budget 2021-22 Revenue $10,525,400 $11,764,152 $12,232,287 $12,947,398 Programme Spending $9,667,900 $12,112,704 $12,537,469 $13,189,940…
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Shaking the Peace: Fracking-induced earthquakes rattle BC Hydro execs and farmers alike
BC Hydro officials were so alarmed by an earthquake that shook the ground at its sprawling Site C dam construction project in late November, they…
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