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About that deficit: How much fiscal capacity does the federal government have?
About the authorMarc LeeMarc Lee is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Marc joined the CCPA’s British Columbia office in 1998,…
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Tuition hike and the media between 2005 and 2010 in Québec
I’ve contended for the last two years that between 2005 and 2010, an intensive public relations campaign was undertaken with the aim of increasing tuition…
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Report: Does the Saskatchewan Government’s Anti-Poverty Strategy Measure Up?
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Regina – In the summer of 2012, the Saskatchewan government published its anti-poverty strategy “From Dependence to Independence” claiming…
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Saskatchewan’s Anti-Poverty Plan, From Dependence to Independence: Does It Measure Up?
Download 376.09 KB14 pages In the summer of 2012, the Saskatchewan government published its anti-poverty strategy, From Dependence to Independence, claiming that no previous administration in the…
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Fast Facts: “Sustainable Development” – What’s in a name?
“Sustainable Development” – What’s in a name? Quite a lot actually, labels matter! Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship is currently conducting an online “consultation” on…
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The City of Regina’s Unquenchable Thirst for Bad Ideas
It seems the City of Regina just can’t get enough of bad deals. Hot on the heels of the City Plaza debacle and the stadium funding mess, the City…
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BC throne speech repackages old announcements, lacks courage and vision
Today’s Speech from the Throne reads more like a list of what this government sees as its main achievements than a true framework for going…
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Canada’s tax system needs fairness overhaul: study
OTTAWA—Canada’s tax system is in dire need of reform, says a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). According to the study,…
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Fairness by Design
A Framework for Tax Reform in Canada Download 939.13 KB 44 pages This study finds that ad-hoc tax changes over the last two decades have…
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A government blunder teaches us how not to buy helicopters
The botched procurement of F-35 stealth fighter jets has attracted much attention, and rightly so at $40-billion and counting. But the F-35s are not the…
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Fast Facts: Six Unions, One Voice
This Wednesday, February 13, the six unions operating on the University of Manitoba campus will unite with one voice. The University of Manitoba Faculty Association…
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RIP Clyde Hertzman
As many of you have likely heard, late last week we at the CCPA lost a great friend, and Canada lost one of its greatest…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2013
Bullying: Working together to break the silence This issue of Our Schools/Our Selves talks about standing up against bullying—inside and outside the classroom— and calling…
