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Most provinces are refusing hundreds of millions in federal pharmacare funding
About the authorSteven StaplesSteve Staples is the National Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Canadian Health Coalition, and a member of CCPA’s Members’ Council.
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Fast Facts: Meeting the housing needs of Aboriginal people moving to Winnipeg
Winnipeg is home to Canada’s largest Aboriginal population. Aboriginal people, however, are among the most likely to experience homelessness and are also over-represented in housing…
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Privatized liquor could cost province millions: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Regina — The Saskatchewan government maintains that their proposed privatization of the province’s liquor retailing system will not result in…
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Pharmacare plan would improve health and lower costs: report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Implementing the first phases of a national pharmacare program would significantly lower costs to taxpayers, while improving health outcomes and…
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A Profitable Brew
A Financial Analysis of the SLGA and Its Potential Privatization Download 1.18 MB 32 pages The Saskatchewan government maintains that their proposed privatization of the…
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Affordable Access to Medicines
A Prescription for Canada Download 181.94 KB8 pages This report reviews research detailing the financial and social impacts of national pharmacare implementation abroad, and shifts…
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Work Life: The Role of Labour in the Green Industrial Revolution
Canada is well behind other developed – and some lesser-developed countries – in shifting gears to a green economy. Other countries are supporting green enterprises…
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An effective poverty reduction plan is not just a piece of paper
Last week, First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition published its annual report card on child poverty in BC. As in past years, the…
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Fast Facts: Can a Housing First Initiative Work?
Homelessness is a major problem in Winnipeg. In 2014 the Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council estimated that at any time approximately 350 individuals stayed in one…
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The Monitor, December 2014/January 2015
Download 1.94 MB Click the download button above to download this issue of The Monitor or click to read a selection of articles below: From…
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Hennessy’s Index: December 2014
Billionaires Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other…
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Who’s the boss? “The Elf on the Shelf” and the normalization of surveillance
Are we using play to prepare children to accept increasingly intrusive surveillance?
