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Unpacking Quebec’s major healthcare reform
About the authorsLéonie BlanchetteLéonie Blanchette has been an occupational therapist since 2012, and is president of the local APTS West-Central Union. Catherine PigeonCatherine Pigeon is…
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Reform Capitalism or Scrap It?
It’s not just the climate that’s damaged by capitalism At the recent World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, some among the world’s business and political…
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The Latin American Revolution (Part XI)
Latin American countries deepen integration, defy the U.S. On December 3-4, 2011, a historic meeting of all 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries took place…
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Election 2011: Voter Suppression
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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The false economy of Budget 2012
Last week’s provincial budget falsely claims that the proverbial cupboard is bare and that nothing can be done to meet any of BC’s most pressing…
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Fast Facts: Bill C-10: The truth about consequences
On September 20, 2011, a few months after winning a majority election, Stephen Harper’s Justice Minister, Rob Nicholson, tabled Bill C-10, the Safe Streets and…
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CCPA Review: Reducing Poverty Among the Single Non-Elderly Population of Manitoba
Download 313.04 KB “This report shows that the single non-elderly poor in Manitoba experience the greatest depth of poverty yet receive the lowest per capita…
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Québec Students Strike Over Tuition-Fee Hikes
This morning, there are more than 65 000 students on strike in Québec. University students, but also college-level students, are walking out of classrooms to…
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Debunking Drummond
Personal Income Tax $24.8 billion Canada Health Transfer $10.7 billion Equalization $ 2.2 billion Corporate Income Tax $ 8.9 billion Provincial Enterprises $ 4.5 billion…
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A Tale of Two Austerity Hardliners
Conservative soul mates, Stephen Harper and British Prime Minister David Cameron, were in Davos, Switzerland a month ago lecturing Eurozone leaders on how to get…
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New Generation of Thinkers Link Inequality, Innovation and Prosperity
This guest blog was written by Mike Marin and Anouk Dey. It originally appeared in the Toronto Star on February 24. The authors are part…
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The long term costs of legislating workers back to work
As the provincial government spends the weekend drafting back-to-work legislation that will impose a contract on BC teachers, I found this opinion piece I wrote…
