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If you value democracy, stop expecting free news
Last January’s panic over Meta overlord Mark Zuckerberg’s firing of Facebook fact checkers once again revealed a sense of entitlement among many Canadian users who…
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Winnipeg’s Social Purchasing Portal
From the Past to the Future Download 981.85 KB The Winnipeg Social Purchasing Portal (SPP) was started by SEED Winnipeg in 2004 based on a…
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Playing politics with poverty in Manitoba
It’s been a bad week for advocates working to improve the lives of people living in poverty. Recent child poverty statistics continue to show high…
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BC is giving away its natural gas
In September, when the BC government tabled its First Quarterly Report on the BC Budget the big story was on plummeting natural gas royalties, which means…
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International Trade Agreements and Corruption
Negotiations concerning the Canada-European Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are well underway. Many major issues for Québec’s future are being discussed, notably the conditions…
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Social Impact Bonds: The anti-philanthropy
Interest in Canadian “Social impact Bonds” has spiked following HRSDC Minster Finley announcement that the federal government is investigating them for use in Canada. I’ve…
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Errol Black Fundraising Brunch – Paul Moist speech
On October 28, just over one week before Errol Black passed away, CCPA-MB organized a fundrasing brunch at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg in…
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National Housing Day
Still waiting for a plan November 22nd is National Housing Day in Canada. Canada is the only country in the G8 that does not have…
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The Rich Stay Rich: Fraser Institute
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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How Progressive is the Personal Income Tax System?
(Apologies if others have commented on this previously.) The 2011 Tax Expenditures report by the federal Department of Finance includes an analysis of the progressivity of the…
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Corporate Canada Shaping Inequality: Study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO — The concentration of power in the corporate sector is perpetuating income inequality trends in Canada, says…
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A Shrinking Universe
How concentrated corporate power is shaping income inequality in Canada Download 819.31 KB49 pages This paper looks at income inequality over time and shows how…
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From Stream to Steam
Emerging Challenges for BC’s Interlinked Water and Energy Resources Attachments From Stream to Steam: SUMMARY About the authorsBen ParfittBen joined the CCPA staff team as…
