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The new Canada-Ecuador trade deal pushes anti-democratic trade policy
About the authorsKyla TienhaaraStuart TrewStuart serves as director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP), which pools the expertise of academic, labour and…
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Making health care funding sustainable
The BC Legislature’s Select Standing Committee on Health is currently investigating the sustainability of BC’s health care system (with a focus on demographic / aging…
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The “Other” Side of the Story
The latest Labour Force Survey summary tables released by Statistics Canada contain something salient and troubling. It’s not the unemployment rate. It’s the fact that…
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It’s up to the Senate to stop the Crime Bill
The omnibus crime bill passed the House of Commons handily, thanks to the Conservative majority and the invocation of closure and time limits throughout the…
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Who’s really “skewing” the pipeline debate?
Apparently the Harper government and its echo chamber in the blogosphere (e.g. Vivian Krause) think that philanthropic funding of environmental groups is “skewing” the debate…
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2012 David Lewis Lecture: Generation Now
On October 4th, the CCPA proudly hosted the 2012 David Lewis Lecture, a series that examines the future of democracy in Canada. This year’s lecture…
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Eurozone financial crisis worsened by central bank
“The Eurozone Summit of October 27 saw the first three steps: a “haircut” imposing losses of 50 percent on creditors who own Greek government debt:…
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4th Annual CCPA-NS Fundraiser: An Evening with Laura Penny
Laura Penny speaks to guests attending the 4th Annual CCPA-NS Fundraiser (October 2011) and shares her thoughts on how expensive all this “austerity” is going to…
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More Than 1.4 Million Unemployed
Statistics Canada reported today that unemployment exceeds 1.4 million for the first time in eight months. December’s unemployment figure was the highest recorded since April. And these…
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Fast Facts: Revolutionary Health Care
Each of us read Steve Brouwer’s Revolutionary Doctors (MR Press, 2011) the same week the media reported average gross fee-for-service earnings of Manitoba doctors at…
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The BC government could start with local purchasing to build jobs in our communities
The BC government has been heavily promoting its “jobs plan” over the last week on television, radio and on the internet. On twitter they invited…
