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Liberals will need to rethink their promised budget cuts
About the authorDavid MacdonaldDavid joined the CCPA as its Senior Ottawa Economist in 2011, although he has been a long time contributor as a research…
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Taking Back the City
2014 is an election year in Winnipeg and this Alternative Municipal Budget is meant to stimulate discussion around some of the important concerns facing our…
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The Plane That Ate the Canadian Military
Life-Cycle Cost of F-35 Fleet Could Reach $126 Billion Download 754.47 KB 32 pages The cost of F-35s first became an issue in July 2010…
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Working for a Living Wage 2014
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.52 MB8 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments Living Wage…
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Paying a ‘living wage’ is good for everybody
We all want Metro Vancouver to be a livable and sustainable place, for ourselves, our families and our children. However, for many families who work…
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The Rest of the Best and Worst (place to be a woman in Canada)
[1] Yssaad, Lahouaria (2012) The Immigrant Labour Force Analysis Series: The Canadian Immigrant Labour Market: 2008-2011. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.[2] “Labour Force Status (8), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree…
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The problem at the heart of Ontario’s gas plant fiasco: public-private partnerships
About the authorHugh MackenzieEconomist Hugh Mackenzie is a Research Associate with the CCPA’s National Office. Follow Hugh on Twitter
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Secret trade negotiations undermine public services: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A proposed new trade agreement could undermine public services by locking in privatization, says a study released today by the…
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TISA versus Public Services
The Trade in Services Agreement and the Corporate Agenda Download 604.48 KB26 pages This study examines the adverse impacts on public services and public interest…
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Work Life: Why we still fight
The Day of Mourning, more than any other day in the labour movement’s calendar, brings home why we must remain vigilant in the area of…
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Temporary Foreign Worker Program Takes Jobs Away from Canadians
Yet another report, this time by SFU Public Policy Professor Dominique M. Gross, finds evidence that Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program is bad for domestic…
