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A message from Nora Loreto, CCPA Board Chair, and Jason MacLean, Secretary-Treasurer, on the closure of the B.C. office of CCPA
The past year has been challenging for the CCPA, culminating in the closure of the B.C. office in February 2025. This letter aims to provide…
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Raising The Retirement Age Is The Wrong Way To Deal With The Retirement Crisis
Raising the age of eligibility for Old Age Security/Guaranteed Income Supplement (OAS/GIS) benefits is the worst possible way to deal with the retirement income security…
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AFB Economist Roundtable
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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Odious profits and the Enbridge pipeline
Two obvious but generally unstated details about the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline are climate change and that oil and gas companies stand to make mega-profits.…
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Canada’s economic recovery incomplete, mediocre: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The twin claims by political leaders that the damage done by the recession to the Canadian economy and labour market…
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Canada’s Incomplete, Mediocre Recovery
This study finds that, despite claims to the contrary, the damage of the recession is still very much with Canadians and that the labour market…
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Time to do away with financial barriers to higher education in BC
For many grade 12 students spring is university application season. But in Western Canada, youth living in families with an annual income over $100,000 are…
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Breaking down financial barriers to higher education is more affordable than you think
In a new report released today by the CCPA, I revisit the important question of who really pays for university education. Convention wisdom has it…
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Fossil fuel lobbyists: the real radicals
Most of the fossil fuel lobby’s arguments against its opponents should be reversed. Consider: Who are the real ‘radicals’ – those working for a sustainable…
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The Race To The Trough: What Did Corporate Tax Cuts Deliver?
The CLC today celebrated Corporate Tax Freedom Day – defined as the day on which corporations have paid their share of all government taxes. It…
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Paid in Full (Update)
Who Pays for University Education in BC? Download 2.88 MB33 pages This study shows that university graduates more than pay off the cost of their…
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