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Loop – 4 Col Blog Index w/Feature Alt

December 9, 2023

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  • Education
    Our Schools / Our Selves

    It was the best of times: Tracing the roots of the “parental rights” movement

    Canada isn’t immune to the parental rights drumbeat that’s being used by right-wing media pundits and conservative activist groups

    August 24, 2025
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    Federal Elections
    Income & Wealth Inequality

    The Leap is ambitious, but it’s not the end of capitalism

    The Leap Manifesto: A Call for Canada Based on Caring for the Earth and One Another was launched by a group of prominent Canadians on…

    October 8, 2015
  • Austerity & Cuts
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    Austerity in Quebec: Budget cutting and affected services

    About the authorEve-Lyne Couturier

    October 7, 2015
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    Energy Policy
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    Pipeline politics and the 2015 election

    In early 2012, then Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver dropped a bombshell on BC. He asserted that Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline was in the…

    October 7, 2015
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    Human Rights

    De la diabolisation à l’organisation

    L’émergence du nouveau mouvement syndical « Dans ce livre, Nora Loreto propose une vision rafraichie de l’indispensable mouvement syndical à la jeune génération de Canadiens…

    October 7, 2015
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    News & Commentary

    Fast Facts: Many Canadians in need of good housing

    Housing markets are not able to produce the accommodation needed by many sections of the population. Consequently public support and investment have been necessary to…

    October 7, 2015
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    Fast Facts: Canadian publishers in jeopardy

    A 2015 EKOS Research study found most Canadians see books as having strong social benefits in terms of quality of life, social cohesion and economic…

    October 7, 2015
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    Tax Policy

    Albertans support climate action and a carbon tax: Lessons for the next federal government

    About the authorSeth KleinSeth Klein was a CCPA-BC research associate and the former CCPA-BC Director.

    October 6, 2015
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    Trade

    Five reasons to defend supply management from the TPP

    About the authorScott Sinclair

    October 6, 2015
  • Indigenous Rights

    Fast Facts: Thunderbird House has potential to unite

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 9th, 2015 When award winning author Joseph Boyden announced he would donate half of his One Summit…

    October 6, 2015
  • Environment & Sustainability
    Indigenous Rights

    Communities impacted by resource development are fighting back: government should take notice

    Whether it’s mining, logging, dams or pipelines, the people living closest to resource industry developments typically face the highest health, economic and environmental risks. Such…

    October 6, 2015
  • Corporations & Corporate Power
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    Trade

    Trans-Pacific Partnership a big win for corporate interests

    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…

    October 5, 2015
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    Tax Policy

    Harper government’s policy response to financial crisis scrutinized in new book

    About the authorCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

    October 5, 2015
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    Is it time to renationalize the CN rail network in Canada?

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    July 8, 2026
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    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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