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Where will the federal government cut to pay for military spending and tax cuts?
Supports to First Nations, veterans, new Canadians, and international aid could be on the chopping block—just for starters
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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?
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And then there was one: BC is now last province without a plan to tackle poverty
On October 22, the Government of Saskatchewan announced in their Throne Speech that it would commit to the development of a poverty reduction strategy, making…
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Refuting the tired claims of those opposed to minimum wage increases
In a Vancouver Sun opinion piece, Laura Jones of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business warns against minimum wage increases, calling it “Fa-la-la economics”. Perhaps…
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Inequality is falling in Canada, but not for the reasons you think
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…
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It’s time to seriously tackle child poverty
One in five BC children lives in poverty. This is the sobering finding of the 2014 BC Child Poverty Report Card released on November 24th,…
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Keep Newfoundland and Labrador’s economy strong
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT St John’s – At a time when deficits are plaguing resource rich economies in Canada and global oil…
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A generation of broken promises: 1 in 5 of Nova Scotia’s children live in poverty
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—This 25th anniversary of the House of Commons pledge to end child poverty is a shameful one in…
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Options for a Strong Economy Download 921.07 KB38 pages This report looks carefully at the drivers of the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) deficit, the province’s strengths and…
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2014 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia
A Generation of Broken Promises Download 776.77 KB26 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to…
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A Terrific Loss
The Expiring Social Housing Operating Agreements in Manitoba Download 604.39 KB16 pages For decades, social housing has been an integral part of Canadian housing and…
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Fast Facts: Federal withdrawal results in loss of social housing
Manitoba is losing subsidized rental housing units—a delayed result of the federal government’s withdrawal from funding social housing in the 1990s. As operating agreements between…
