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Canada’s murky North American future
We want to make our own cars. We don’t really want cars from Canada. And we put tariffs on cars from Canada. And at a…
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EI, Self-Insurance or Three-Card Monte?
Monte Solberg, the former Conservative cabinet minister responsible for Employment Insurance, proposed to eliminate the program in a recent Sun Media column: An alternative would be…
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Giving Till It Hurts
Charities help needy, but also help governments deny help Of the roughly 150,000 non-government organizations (NGOs) in Canada, about 40% have charitable status. This means…
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Debt, Austerity, and Devastation
Creditors get fatter financially, their victims get thinner Like plague in the 14th century, the scourge of debt has gradually migrated from South to North.…
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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
In his new book, Chris Hedges visit U.S. “sacrifice zones” Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco. Vintage Canada 2013, trade…
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Hennessy’s Index: September 2013
Unions 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 months,…
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GDP: Consumers to the Rescue
Following positive GDP numbers in April and May, Statistics Canada reported today that a sharp drop in June dragged Canada’s economic growth to a mediocre pace of…
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$6,000 revenue shortfall per annum for workers
We are told that wealth must first be created before it can be redistributed. Put like that, it sounds like a truism. We can still…
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Working together for fairness is possible: CCPA-NS shows the way
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax, NS – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia is pleased to release our latest…
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Working Together For Fairness
Download 1020.13 KB 52 pages This report critically analyzes the current Nova Scotia government’s record in five policy areas (health care, jobs and the economy,…
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BC Hydro’s Integrated Resource Plan and The Case Against Site C
It could have been me taking time off during the short Vancouver summer, or perhaps that the news release got dropped on the Friday before…
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Work Life: That’s What Unions Do
Back in February, 2013, CCPA-Mb put out a Fast Facts titled Six Unions: One Voice1 which chronicled the many problems faced by staff at the…
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A Misdirected Response to a Self-Inflicted Problem
The essence of BC Hydro’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is straightforward. Maintain aggressive conservation targets and plan to build Site C as soon as possible…
