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Manitoba Budget 2025
About the authorsNiall HarneyNiall (he/him) joined CCPA-Manitoba in February 2022 as the Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues. His research focuses on labour markets, income…
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The Student Strike in Québec
Québec is in the midst of a social crisis of rare intensity, both in terms of the duration of the confrontation between the student movement…
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Time for an adult conversation on the fallout from the petro-boom
Thomas Mulcair’s claim that the Canadian manufacturing sector has been adversely affected by fallout from the Alberta petro-boom— through a mechanism known to economists as…
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Five reasons why you should support a move to low tuition fees in Canada
Much of the media coverage of the Quebec student protests has dismissed the protestors as spoiled children trying to protect their unfair privilege (Quebec has…
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Using Red Squares as Red Herrings: Scapegoating youth in the attack on progress
Why is it still, for some, a newsflash that reality for today’s youth is a solar system away from the world of just 25 or…
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A Rising Tide of Housing: St. John’s, NL
Although the City of St. John’s, NL, has experienced a recent economic upswing, it has found that a rising tide does not lift all boats.…
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Federal Budget Bill and Employment Equity
So many big changes are happening in the Federal government’s budget bill — Bill C-38 — that some significant issues like the changes to the…
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GDP: Austerity Bites
Canada’s economy grew by half a percent in the first quarter of 2012, staying on pace for unimpressive annual growth of two percent. The good news is…
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Equality
Here’s book on equality lauded by Spirit Level co-author Book review: The No-Nonsense Guide to Equality, by Danny Dorling, published in Canada by New Internationalist…
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No Fairness For Temporary Workers
Employers still allowed to mistreat, underpay foreign “help” The Harper government’s April 26 announcement of yet another change to the deeply flawed Temporary Foreign Worker…
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Going… Going… Gone?
Slowly, stealthily, progressive state is being dismantled Most Canadians, according to one poll at least, did not much like the recent federal budget, but still…
