-
Despite high unemployment, young people are being left behind this election
About the authorKatherine ScottKatherine serves as the director for the CCPA’s gender equality and public policy work. She has worked in the community sector as…
-
Breaking Barriers/Building Bridges
On October 13th, 2012, CCPA’s Manitoba Office facilitated an intergenerational learning and youth exchange at Thunderbird House in Winnipeg. In attendance were four elders and…
-
Migrant Voices
A ground-breaking report will be released on the steps of the Manitoba legislature today at noon. The report, by the Migrant Worker Solidarity Network and…
-
Migrant Voices
Stories of Agricultural Migrant Workers in Manitoba Download 1.26 MB 52 pages The Migrant Worker’s Solidarity Network (MWSN), a group that interacts with and advocates…
-
Any jokes in it? Cultural exception and state funding for the film industry
France and Québec have sealed alliances in the past to defend the principle of cultural exception. It essentially aims at limiting the effects of globalization…
-
Migrant Voices
Migrant Workers in Manitoba Each year up to 400 Mexican men – migrant workers under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program 1 (SAWP) – work on…
-
New Mining Royalties: Much ado about nothing
On Monday, the Parti québécois government announced a new mining royalty regime. Its hybrid proposal combines aspects from two types of royalty systems: profit based…
-
On the Abuse of Language: “Modernizing” Labour Relations
The government of Saskatchewan is currently undertaking a controversial overhaul of the province’s labour legislation into the mammoth omnibus Bill 85. But those that might…
-
A poverty reduction plan for BC
Targeted government spending saves billions of dollars in the long term We’ve heard a lot about government spending recently. The Liberals released their “spend-o-meter” charting…
-
The Green Part of Green
Unlike a number of green advocates, political and otherwise, I think there can be some significant benefit for British Columbians from the development of LNG…
-
Dude, where’s my job?
The real unemployment rate for Canadians over 25 was 8.8% in April. Not great, for sure, but slightly better than it was in 2009. For youth 15-24,…
-
Reality check on government spending: is the overspending fear mongering justified
Both main parties in this election campaign are accusing the other of being big spenders. The BC Liberals claim the BC NDP is making election…
-
Comparing platforms with respect to climate action
As many readers of this blog will know, back in February the CCPA (with the assistance of a number of our partners in the Climate…
