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Federal government cuts are a gift to Canada’s authoritarian populists.
For cuts this is deep, it would require across-the-board job losses and major service reductions. In other words, if it proceeded it would represent a…
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Getting the Design Right on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP)
Ontario Ministry of Finance consultation, February 13, 2015 Download 859.59 KB7 pages The Ontario government has been consulting on how to design the province’s proposed…
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Benevolent Exploitation: Government should protect payday loan consumers, not businesses
About the authorChristine SaulnierChristine Saulnier (she/her) is Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia. She has a doctorate in Political Science from York…
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System change for seniors care
Photos from the CCPA-BC Seniors Project’s sold-out forum with BC’s Ombudsperson and new Seniors Advocate, which took place in February 2015. This all-day event was…
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Flawed funding formula behind Toronto school board woes: study
TORONTO – The political drama that’s been unfolding at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) over school closures and tight funding is totally avoidable, says…
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SaskPower’s Carbon Capture Project
What Risk? What Reward? Download 1.59 MB24 pages SaskPower opened its $1.5 billion Boundary Dam Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Facility to much fanfare, with…
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Harris-Era Hangovers
Toronto School Trustees’ Inherited Funding Shortfall Download 1.13 MB38 pages Controversy has been swirling around the Toronto District School Board and the province has been…
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Modern free trade era produced slower growth and greater income inequality: study
OTTAWA—The defining features of the Canadian economy during the NAFTA era have been slower GDP growth, a surge in corporate concentration, and heightened income inequality,…
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Ascent of Giants
NAFTA, Corporate Power and the Growing Income Gap Download 1.38 MB 64 pages This study looks at trade and investment trends, merger and acquisition activity,…
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Infographic: On family day, what would it cost to put families first?
In honour of Family Day, and in anticipation of Budget Day, we’ve calculated what it would cost to actually put families first. Read the news…
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Fast Facts: Winnipeg’s Racism Challenge
The Maclean’s article citing Winnipeg as Canada’s most racist city has prompted a public conversation that may prove to be useful. It is important that…
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