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Alternative federal budget 2026: Agriculture
What the Canadian government should do on agriculture. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
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Case for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline built on faulty assumptions, including tidewater price fiction: study
(Vancouver) As Kinder Morgan Canada turned to the stock market to finance its Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMEP), a new report by veteran earth scientist…
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Will the Trans Mountain Pipeline and tidewater access boost prices and save Canada’s oil industry?
Download 2.93 MB42 pages One of the primary rationales for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMEP) is to maximize the price for Alberta…
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Slow wage growth: why Canada needs a pay raise
The cost of living keeps going up, but new Statistics Canada data shows that slow earnings growth means pay raises aren’t keeping up with inflation.…
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Media advisory: CCPA in Mexico City for civil society NAFTA talks
MEXICO CITY—On the heels of Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s visit to Mexico City to discuss NAFTA renegotiations with politicians and business leaders, civil society…
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Il faut mettre un terme aux traitements fiscaux préférentiels, selon un rapport
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Selon un nouveau rapport du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), les traitements fiscaux préférentiels tels…
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Cut preferential tax treatment for the rich: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Preferential tax treatments such as tax exemptions, credits, and loopholes have become a cash cow for…
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Preferential Treatment
The History and Cost of Tax Exemptions, Credits, and Loopholes in Canada Download 813.13 KB 42 pages Preferential tax treatments such as tax exemptions, credits,…
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Greenhouse gas emissions and the Energy East Pipeline
I submitted the following to the National Energy Board, which is seeking comments on what should be included as part of the upcoming hearings on…
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Climate policy report card: how does your province measure up?
About the authorHadrian Mertins-KirkwoodHadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) is a senior researcher and political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. His work focuses on federal…
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Getting big money out of BC politics: 5 ways to do this right
With the provincial election behind us, there’s at least one thing that the overwhelming majority of British Columbians seem to clearly agree on: we need…
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Most of Canada on track to miss climate change targets due to ‘underdeveloped’ policy: report
OTTAWA—Climate change policy in Canada remains underdeveloped and plagued by a wide “ambition gap” between government promises and policy action, according to a new report by the…
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Tracking Progress
Evaluating government plans and actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada Download 1.24 MB 62 pages This report finds that Canadian climate change policy…
