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Canada should learn from Plan Mexico to respond to Trump
About the authorNathaniel DenaroNathaniel Denaro is a second year law student at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently interning with the Canadian Centre for Policy…
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Whatever happened to gender identity and expression?
A year ago this week, Bill C-389, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression),…
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The OAS Eligibility Age and Employment
It is argued that eligibility for OAS/GIS discourages older Canadians from remaining in the workforce, and that we need to keep them working to avoid…
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After Self-Sufficiency — Will the Public or Private Interests be Served?
It was, I suppose, too much to expect the government to acknowledge that the self-sufficiency and insurance requirements it had imposed on BC Hydro was…
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Congratulations to Jagrup Brar: Time to raise welfare rates
On Tuesday, BC MLA Jagrup Brar wrapped up his month living on a basic welfare income of $610. He has returned to his family and…
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Budget Cuts Could Worsen Rising Unemployment
It was not a happy new year for Canadian job seekers. Statistics Canada reported today that unemployment rose for a fourth consecutive month in January. Overall employment…
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Is The OAS/GIS Program Unaffordable?
No. Of course not. Even if the government waves around scary large increases in nominal dollar terms. As has been widely reported, the most recent OAS…
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Caterpillar: The moth flying too close to the flame
We treated them like royalty. We rolled out the tax cut red carpet. In fact our Prime Minister made a special stop at the London,…
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Raising the OAS Eligibility Age Would Raise Poverty in Old Age
Table 1: OAS/GIS Contributions to the Income of Seniors (2006) OAS OAS / GIS / Allowance Age 66 26% 34% Age…
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Federal cuts could push unemployment to 8%
Last Monday, the CCPA released my paper, The Cuts Behind the Curtain, which examined some possible scenarios for how the conservative government might cut $6 billion from…
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Harper vs. Kyoto: where does that leave Québec?
On 12 December 2011, the Canadian Minister of Environment, Peter Kent, officially announced Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol. In effect, Canada will no longer…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2012
Every Tool Shapes the Task “In thinking about this issue of Our Schools/Our Selves, I took an inspiration from Battleground Schools. It is an encyclopaedia…
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Do Canadians know how increasing numbers of temporary foreign workers is changing immigration?
During the fall of 2011 the Conservative government announced and implemented a number of dramatic changes to the Canadian immigration system, including attempts to speed-up…
