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Trump’s tariff war could compel U.S. companies to flee Canada: that could hurt one in 10 workers
About the authorRyan RomardRyan Romard (He/Him) is a sociologist, research analyst, and data science enthusiast. Ryan has several years of experience conducting survey research in…
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The Cost of Learning–How does Manitoba Rank?
In the report titled Eduflation and the High Cost of Learning, CCPA researchers David Macdonald and Erika Shaker developed a Cost of Learning Index to…
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What’s Next for BC’s Carbon Tax?
Carbon tax per household Credit per household Net carbon tax Bottom 10% $372 $770 $(398) D2 $537 $770 $(233) D3 $765 $904 $(139) D4…
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The End of Men?
The Globe and Mail on Saturday devoted two pages of its Focus section to a discussion of Hanna Rosin’s book, The End of Men. There are a…
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Building a Fair and Effective Carbon Tax to Meet BC’s Greenhouse Gas Targets
Submission to the BC Carbon Tax Review Download 1.4 MB 4 pages About the authorMarc LeeMarc Lee is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre…
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Increasing Aboriginal Labour Market Participation
Making a case for Labour market intermediaries The Conference Board of Canada recently published a report titled Understanding the Value, Challenges, and Opportunities of Engaging…
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Food Sovereignty In Canada
Movement growing to control our own food and agriculture What do community gardens on vacant urban lots, mobilizations against sea-lice infestations on the B.C. coast,…
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Capitalism is the Crisis (Part II)
Corruption, corporate power, inequality must all be curbed India’s poor rural majority has benefited little from the country’s economic boom, and in fact has seen…
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Big Oil’s Pandora Box
Disastrous spills keep bursting from overstressed pipelines It’s always pathetic to watch otherwise intelligent people being played like a violin by the oil and gas…
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The Sustainability Challenge
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
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More Dead Money
The sector and financial-flow accounts released with today’s GDP figures indicate an expansion of the pool of dead money flagged by this blog and by Mark Carney. The National Balance…
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Unionization and Labour Market Performance
Ranking of Canadian Provinces (Out of 60) Labour Market Unionization Rate Performance…
