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Alternative federal budget 2026: Gender equality
What the Canadian government should do on gender equality. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
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Manitoba By the Numbers
Income Inequality $262,000 – average market income of the top 10% of Manitoba households with children (2014). $4,500 – average market income of bottom 10%…
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Fast Facts: A new report on income inequality in Manitoba
A decade ago the CCPA-MB released the Stuck in Neutral report on inequality in Manitoba. Although inequality was less pronounced in Manitoba than it was…
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Doing the math on the PC platform
About the authorHugh MackenzieEconomist Hugh Mackenzie is a Research Associate with the CCPA’s National Office. Follow Hugh on Twitter
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In the wake of February’s BC Budget, property taxes have been making headlines. But less attention has been paid to the province’s unusually low property…
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Fast Facts: Why the Pain for Women in Manitoba Jails?
The Free Press (May 23 and 26, 2018) recently reported on the case of an Indigenous man who served more than six months in jail…
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Overcoming the new precariat: The future of work
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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Manitoba program model for National Housing Benefit
A shelter benefit called for by community advocates and developed in Manitoba is a model for the rest of the country. Rent Assist has offered…
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Fast Facts: A Comparison of the Carbon Tax Rebates to Families in Manitoba and British Columbia 2017
When British Columbia introduced its carbon tax, it provided a rebate to families to offset the higher cost of goods and services created by that…
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CCPA calls on Auditor General to investigate stunning $1-billion annual increase in provincial natural gas-drilling subsidy program
VANCOUVER – An unprecedented increase in a special “credit” account set up by the BC government to subsidize the fracking industry should be immediately investigated…
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British Columbians shortchanged billions from fossil fuel industry revenues
Earlier this year, Premier John Horgan announced that the British Columbia government was prepared to offer billions of dollars in tax breaks to Royal Dutch…
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Trudeau government justification for purchasing Trans Mountain project based on false premises
So how sound are the claims being used to justify the federal government’s expenditure of up to $12 billion in taxpayer funds to purchase Kinder…
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Comparing fiscal platforms in the Ontario election
Heading into Ontario’s June 7 election, the three major political parties have made distinct expenditure promises and revenue announcements. Let’s look at these fiscal plans…
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