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    Successfully housing the homeless: A Finnish perspective

    Housing First requires housing first.

    October 29, 2025
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    Just one word: Plasticurious

    About the authorJeremy TompkinsJeremy Tompkins is a business librarian who has worked in both investor relations and public relations.

    February 5, 2019
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    Five ways BC Budget 2019 could pave the way for a comprehensive poverty reduction plan

    This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…

    February 4, 2019
  • Public Services & Privatization

    Fast Facts: The Thin Edge of a Wedge

    Privatization of Lifeflight First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, February 2, 2019 When it comes to evaluating the “value for money” in air ambulance…

    February 4, 2019
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    Provincial Budgets

    Expand climate action initiatives to reflect the urgency of the crisis

    This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…

    February 1, 2019
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    Saskatchewan child care gets a failing grade: report

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Regina — Canada ranks very poorly among peer nations for overall quality measures and rates of access to regulated child…

    February 1, 2019
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    Saskatchewan’s Failing Report Card on Child Care

    Download 765.97 KB16 pages Canada ranks very poorly among peer nations for overall quality and rates of access to regulated child care, with Saskatchewan ranking…

    February 1, 2019
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    News & Commentary

    Want better stock performance? Pay your top executives less

    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…

    January 31, 2019
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    The opioid crisis and mental suffering

    “Nobody’s saying that every traumatized person becomes addicted. I’m saying that every addicted person was traumatized.” – Gabor Maté About the authorsAlex PatersonCanadian Centre for…

    January 30, 2019
  • Education
    Policy Note
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    Budget 2019: Strengthening public education vital after years of chronic underfunding

    This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…

    January 30, 2019
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    Early Childhood Educators in Nova Scotia feeling “unappreciated and underpaid,” results of new workforce survey reveals

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report today that provides a snapshot of…

    January 30, 2019
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    “Unappreciated and underpaid”

    Early Childhood Educators in Nova Scotia Download 645.38 KB 55 pages This report provides a snapshot of what it is like for Early Childhood Educators…

    January 30, 2019
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    Our Schools / Our Selves

    Edu-tech corporations eyeing the public education frontier

    About the authorLarry Kuehn

    January 29, 2019
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