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December 9, 2023

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  • Alternative Federal Budget
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    Alternative federal budget 2026: Acknowledgements

    Many people contributed to this unique Canadian effort. Because true independence needs a new economic model.

    October 28, 2025
  • Democracy & Electoral Rights
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    Pro rep leads to better public policy

    Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This post is part of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from the…

    November 8, 2018
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    How fast can we get to 100% renewables?

    This piece draws on research and a presentation in Vancouver by Mark Jacobson from Stanford University, who delivered the 2018 Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture. You…

    November 7, 2018
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    Contract U: Follow up statement

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT A note of information – November 7th 2018 Contract U: Contract faculty appointments at Canadian universities provides an analysis…

    November 7, 2018
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    The house that debt built

    About the authorStuart TrewStuart serves as director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP), which pools the expertise of academic, labour and non-governmental…

    November 1, 2018
  • News Release

    La majorité des nominations d’enseignants universitaires au Canada sont maintenant pour des emplois contractuels

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA – Selon une nouvelle étude publiée aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives, les universités canadiennes dépendent…

    November 1, 2018
  • Education
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    Contract jobs now account for majority of university faculty appointments in Canada

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT New study examines reliance on precarious jobs on university campuses; Ontario, Quebec and B.C. have contract faculty rates…

    November 1, 2018
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    Universitaires précaires

    Les nominations d’enseignants contractuels, la tendance dans les universités canadiennes Download 1.54 MB60 pages Les universités canadiennes dépendent énormément des enseignants précaires sur les campus. Ayant…

    November 1, 2018
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    Contract U

    Contract faculty appointments at Canadian universities Download 825.99 KB56 pages Canadian universities are relying heavily on precariously-employed faculty on campus. Once among the most secure professions…

    November 1, 2018
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    The Monitor, November-December 2018

    Making Finance Work for People Download 6.46 MB In Part 2 of our feature on the state of the economy 10 years after the crisis,…

    November 1, 2018
  • Image: The massive Sunrise Plant, the largest gas plant built in Western Canada in 30 years, sits on farmland near Dawson Creek. It was one of three gas plants in a row exempted from provincial environmental assessments. © Garth Lenz
    Climate Change
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    Transparency & Accountability

    Shielding fossil fuel corporations from public scrutiny: The new “neutral”?

    British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office bills itself as a “neutral” provincial agency. But there is evidence that this is not the case, and that BC…

    October 31, 2018
  • Education
    Elementary School
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    Pause and effect: On defunding parental engagement initiatives in education

    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…

    October 31, 2018
  • Gender Equality

    Fast Facts: Judy Wasylycia-Leis, 2018 Errol Black Chair Honoured Guest

    The Errol Black Chair (EBC) in Labour Issues was established to honour the legacy of activist, author, politician, educator and founding member of CCPA-MB, Errol…

    October 28, 2018
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