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Time to push back against the silencing of women’s voices
About the authorKatherine ScottKatherine serves as the director for the CCPA’s gender equality and public policy work. She has worked in the community sector as…
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BC’s public finances and the art of the possible
We sit less than a year away from the next provincial election in BC, and the legislature has now closed its doors for the summer.…
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“The future’s not ours to see” – but it is ours to shape
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Work Life: When does Temporary become Permanent?
Each year up to 400 mostly Mexican workers come to Manitoba under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) to work on local farms. They perform…
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For more than a century, it has been known that asbestos causes disease and death. But the asbestos industry suppressed scientific evidence, created lobby organizations…
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Creating Pride Through Decent Work
Social Enterprise in Manitoba Download 3.35 MB48 pages Social enterprises fill an important gap in Manitoba’s economy for those struggling to enter the workforce. The…
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Fast Facts: Social Enterprises Create Pride through Decent Work
Social enterprises fill an important gap in Manitoba’s economy for those struggling to enter the workforce. The provincial government has seen the value of investing…
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BC government: climate leader or climate outlaw?
At both the Paris climate negotiations last November and the recent federal-provincial climate meetings, Premier Christy Clark was keen to position British Columbia as a…
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Provincial budget will cause gender inequalities to worsen: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. ST.JOHN’S – The Newfoundland and Labrador budget will worsen gender inequalities in the province, says a study released today by…
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Through a Gender Lens
The 2016-2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Budget’s Impacts on Women Download 683.19 KB34 pages This study finds that the 2016-17 Newfoundland and Labrador budget will worsen…
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Toronto’s City Budget 2017
No More Rabbits to Pull out of the Hat In her presentation to the Executive Committee at Toronto City Council, CCPA-Ontario Senior Economist Sheila Block…
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Early childhood report a distraction from what really needs to be done
The long-awaited report on the consultations by the Provincial Office for the Early Years (POEY) about early childhood planning in BC was released on Wednesday. This review,…
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Oil profits, pipelines and the human cost of regulatory capture
About the authorBruce CampbellBruce Campbell is former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Adjunct Professor, York University, Faculty of Environmental and Urban…
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