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As Manitoba Hydro moves on energy strategy, staffing must remain in focus
Over the last year the Provincial Government and Manitoba Hydro have announced several projects that follow through on the province’s Affordable Energy Strategy, including Bipoles…
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COP30: Canada continues to be a global laggard on climate action
The COP30 Global Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil marked the 10th anniversary of the landmark Paris Accord, where countries agreed to limit global warming to…
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The Buy Ontario Act is a rebrand with little new to offer
On November 20, the government of Ontario announced the Buy Ontario Act. This is a follow up to a 2022 policy—the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative…
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Not a good look: BC’s new environmentally destructive economic plan
After factoring key infrastructure challenges, inflation and the potential for delays and cost overruns, it becomes highly unlikely that the project can be delivered within…
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Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries
Privatization is deadly. Canada needs to learn from other countries and focus on public health care instead.
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Talking ‘bout my generational investment: Why the federal budget fails to meet the moment
Budget 2025 featured talk of “generational investments” and proclaimed a headline number of $1 trillion in combined new public and private investment over five years.…
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Manitoba is worse off thanks to the new federal budget
The budget tabled by the federal government on November 4 sets out a path that will worsen income inequality in Manitoba and squeezes the provincial…
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Investment treaties, UNDRIP and the Building Canada Act
“Build big things” has become a mantra of the current federal government. Partly in an effort to lessen our economic vulnerability to U.S. shocks, Prime…
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Still building: Child care availability in Toronto since 2022
Child care availability in Toronto has improved since 2022. But provincial funding is needed to expand access—especially in the non-profit sector.
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Ontario Fall Economic Statement: No help on the way
Last May, CCPA’s detailed analysis of the Ontario budget argued that it failed to address years-long funding shortfalls, leaving the province vulnerable to the economic…
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Canadian climate policy a decade after the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 by 196 countries amid a wave of global urgency to confront the defining crisis of our time—climate change.…
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The path to prosperity set out in budget 2025 leaves millions behind
The millions struggling to pay their rent and put food on the table were looking for relief in budget 2025—and they were disappointed.
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Will the feds’ climate climb down placate petro-province premiers?
Perhaps lost in yesterday’s federal budget news dominated by job cuts and military spending is the extent to which the federal government is also abandoning…
