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December 9, 2023

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  • Alternative Federal Budget
    Federal Budgets
    Reports

    Alternative federal budget 2026: Introduction

    About the authorAlternative Federal Budget Project/AFB Working Group

    October 28, 2025
  • Child Care
    News & Commentary

    Growing pains: What can be done about Ontario’s ever-rising child care fees?

    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…

    December 20, 2017
  • Warning sign near Progress Energy's largest unlicensed dam. Photo: Ben Parfitt.
    Environment & Sustainability
    Fracking & LNG
    Indigenous Rights
    Policy Note
    Transparency & Accountability

    Numerous unlicensed dams found structurally unsound; remediation orders issued

    More than half of nearly 50 dams that fossil fuel companies built in recent years without first obtaining the proper permits had serious structural problems…

    December 18, 2017
  • Housing & Homelessness
    News & Commentary

    Ten things to know about Canada’s newly unveiled National Housing Strategy

    About the authorNick Falvo

    December 18, 2017
  • Education

    Getting back on course

    The looming Ontario election means that, once again, education will be a key topic of debate. This issue of Our Schools/Our Selves focuses on a…

    December 18, 2017
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    Democracy & Electoral Rights
    Policy Note

    7 recommendations to shape electoral reform in BC

    The CCPA-BC sent the following submission to the BC Government’s How We Vote consultation, which requests feedback on key elements of the upcoming referendum on electoral…

    December 15, 2017
  • Energy Policy
    Environment & Sustainability
    News Release

    Suppressed report shows hundreds of BC’s fracked gas wells may leak methane, underscores need for public inquiry

    VANCOUVER—BC’s Oil and Gas Commission withheld a report from the public for four years showing that 900 gas wells could be leaking methane—a finding that…

    December 14, 2017
  • Education
    Our Schools / Our Selves

    Our Schools/Our Selves – Winter 2018

    Going Somewhere? A New Direction for Public Education in Ontario The looming Ontario election means that, once again, education will be a key topic of…

    December 14, 2017
  • Law & Legal Issues

    Asking British Columbians about electoral reform

    CCPA-BC submission on the electoral reform process Download 1.8 MB6 pages The CCPA-BC sent this submission to the BC Government’s How We Vote consultation, which requests feedback…

    December 14, 2017
  • Children & Youth
    Policy Note
    Provincial Budgets

    Study confirms what parents suspect: BC is one of Canada’s most expensive provinces for child care

    A report released by our National Office this week confirms what many parents already know: BC is one of Canada’s most expensive provinces for child…

    December 13, 2017
  • Gender Equality
    News & Commentary
    Pay Equity
    Race & Anti-Racism

    A Deficit Worth Worrying About: The Gendered And Racialized Wage Gap

    I was really hoping the recent release of Census data would bring good news: wage gap closed! Racial discrimination gone! Equality achieved! Not so much.…

    December 13, 2017
  • Income & Wealth Inequality

    Winnipeg’s Inner City

    The State of the Inner City 2017 report launch included an infographic breaking down information, stats and solutions. Why Fight Poverty and Income Inequality? Cycle…

    December 13, 2017
  • News & Commentary

    Who in Saskatchewan benefits from minimum wage increases?

    About the authorCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

    December 13, 2017
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    Public Services & Privatization

    Is it time to renationalize the CN rail network in Canada?

    It has been 30 years since Canadian National was privatized, and Wall Street continues to profit at Canada’s expense

    July 8, 2026
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    Public Services & Privatization

    Newfoundland and Labrador Public Opinion Survey: Key findings and data tables

    These findings are from a survey conducted by Angus Reid for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia.

    July 8, 2026
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    Is it time to renationalize the CN rail network in Canada?

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    July 8, 2026

    The Value and Benefits of Public Spending for Households in Newfoundland and Labrador

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    Public Services & Privatization
    July 8, 2026

    Newfoundland and Labrador Public Opinion Survey: Key findings and data tables

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    July 7, 2026

    Workers need a stronger yellow-card system in CUSMA

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