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PEI Media: New Report – 2024 Living Wages for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
HALIFAX/K’jipuktuk – For the first time since 2020, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released the living wage for Prince Edward Island. The report—which, for…
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Straddling the World of Traditional and Precarious Employment
A Case Study of the Courier Industry in Winnipeg Download 339.96 KB34 pages About the authorThe Courier Research Project
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Are days of large federal budget surpluses at an end?
OTTAWA–After years of large surpluses, today’s announcement of a $1.6 billion federal budget surplus in 2004/05 may seem surprisingly low. Does that mean the cupboard…
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Survey of young workers should prompt rethink of child and youth employment standards
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new study that surveyed public school students raises concerns that BC’s employment regulations are leaving children…
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Child and Youth Employment Standards
The Experience of Young Workers Under BC’s New Policy Regime Download 647.71 KB40 pages Attachments SUMMARY: Child and Youth Employment Standards About the authorsStephen McBrideTanya…
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Federal budget-making process not meeting women’s needs—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA — The federal government’s current budgetary process is leaving women behind. A new report by Isabella Bakker,…
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Gender Budget Initiatives: Why They Matter in Canada
Alternative Federal Budget 2006: Technical Paper #1 About the authorIsabella Bakker
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Growing regionalism blocks poverty reduction: Report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA — After 15 years of repeated promises to reduce poverty at the national and international level, Canada…
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Social Watch 2005 Canada: Divided and Distracted
Regionalism as Obstacle to Reducing Poverty and Inequality Download 262.93 KB15 pages About the authorArmine Yalnizyan
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FastFacts: Tuition Fee Freeze
Death of a Thousand Hikes? Download 32.09 KB 2 pages About the authorElizabeth Carlyle
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2005, Volume 8, Number 3 Download 703.22 KB8 pages Inside this issue: After the Referendum: What Next for Electoral Reform? Maximizing Benefits from the…
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Unions are still our best hope
When it comes to workers and unions there is good and bad news. The good news is that polls show that Canadians’ approval of unions…
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