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Op-ed: Pipeline politics won’t save us from Trump’s economic threats
The federal and provincial governments are scrambling to shield Canada’s economy from U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest trade tantrum. But that effort is being hijacked…
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UNSPUN: Supporting Refugee Resettlement Beyond the Syrian Rufugee Crisis
The Syrian refugee crisis has attracted unprecedented political attention and, arguably, corresponding political will in Canada. In November 2015, the Province of Manitoba publicly stated…
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A carbon tax comes to Alberta
About the authorMarc LeeMarc Lee is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Marc joined the CCPA’s British Columbia office in 1998,…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2016
Community Watch? Surveillance, safety and control in Canadian Education This issue of Our Schools/Our Selves explores not only surveillance, but the ways in which control…
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UNSPUN: Community Benefits in Procurement
Elections are noisy and cluttered affairs that can make it difficult for some of the most promising, Manitoba-made policy innovations to get the attention they…
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Does Trudeau’s government worry about Canadian household indebtedness?
About the authorJulia PoscaJulia Posca (she/her) is a researcher with Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques (IRIS) in Montreal. Her work focuses on household debt,…
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives announces new Executive Director
OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Bleyer as its new Executive Director. “We are excited to…
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UNSPUN: Remembering Privitization of Home Care
Brian Pallister has said that if his Conservative Party wins this month’s provincial election, he will not rule out the possibility of experimenting with privatization…
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Regulatory Capture
Compromising rail safety in the wake of Lac-Mégantic? Transport Minister, Marc Garneau, said recently that rail safety is his number one priority. The federal budget…
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UNSPUN: Manitoba Provincial Election Commentary E-Book 2016
Download 1.48 MB48 pages Welcome to the UNSPUN E-book, a compilation of the election commentary produced by Research Associates, community partners and staff at the…
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UNSPUN: Four Political Platforms on Poverty
Manitobans rate themselves to be a generous andcaring society. When natural disasters strike, we are the first to respond. Manitobans are Canada’s most reliable donors…
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BC Commentary: A review of provincial social, economic and environmental trends
Spring 2016, Volume 19, Number 2 Download 1.39 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Time to do away with MSP, by Iglika Ivanova Yes, let’s lower…
