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Ontario

Democracy & Politics
Neoliberalism
News & Commentary
Ontario

The Common Sense Revolution at 25: History has lessons for Ford
Twenty-five years ago today, on June 8, 1995, the people of Ontario elected one Michael Deane Harris as premier. Harris’s program, the “Common Sense Revolution,”…
June 8, 2020
National Office

COVID-19
News & Commentary
Unemployment & Underemployment

Canada’s job losses reach Great Depression levels. Here’s how we move forward.
Labour Force Survey key facts: In May, 2.7 million people lost their jobs and another 2.2 million had most of their hours cut compared to…
June 5, 2020
BC

BC Solutions Magazine

BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
June 2020 Download 1.53 MB12 pages In this issue: Excess profits tax needed to prevent profiteering amid COVID-19 Income assistance relief measures Blockades aren’t the…
June 4, 2020
National Office

Anti-Black Racism
News & Commentary
Protest & Social Movements
Race & Anti-Racism

Statement from the CCPA on systemic state violence and anti-Black racism
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is angered and outraged by ongoing police violence and brutality against Black citizens and protestors across the continent. And…
June 3, 2020
National Office

Economic Indicators
Employment & Labour
Reports

Ten Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic Must Change Work… For Good
Download 1.4 MB54 pages This paper identifies and considers ten ways in which work after the pandemic must change “for good” in the wake of…
June 3, 2020
National Office

Economic Indicators
Employment & Labour
News Release

Work standards must change as economy re-opens in wake of COVID-19: New report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VANCOUVER – Governments, employers and unions must all work urgently to address several critical weaknesses in Canada’s employment…
June 3, 2020
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BC

Policy Note
Race & Anti-Racism

CCPA statement on systemic state violence and anti-Black racism
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is angered and outraged by ongoing police violence and brutality against Black citizens and protestors across the continent. And…
June 2, 2020
Manitoba

Economic Indicators

Fast Facts: Losing the Plot in Manitoba: COVID-19 & Public Spending
One of the few silver linings in the monstrous shadow cast by COVID-19 has been the forced contemplation of the kind of society we would…
June 2, 2020
Ontario

Housing & Homelessness
News & Commentary

Locked down, not locked out: An eviction prevention plan for Ontario
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, provinces and territories have implemented eviction bans that protect tenants from the imminent threat of homelessness but do not prevent them…
May 28, 2020

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