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The new school year begins with more affordable child care and better education funding for all ages — but challenges remain in the education sector
It’s back-to-school season and this September, BC students of all ages are returning to schools facing a very different funding environment. That’s because in its…
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Fast Facts: Municipalities must prepare for climate change
First published in the Winnipeg Sun September 8, 2018 In response to Jonathan Alward’s piece on municipal overspending, small business owners are not the only…
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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
September 2018 Download 3.37 MB12 pages In this issue: Time to change our electoral system Deep poverty: The BC government can and should end it…
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NAFTA end game: the predictable and perilous tradeoffs facing Canada
Strong-arm tactics have always been an ugly feature of Canada-U.S. trade negotiations. But in the current NAFTA renegotiation the Trump administration has taken bullying and…
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Building a Stronger Foundation of Basic Workplace Rights for BC Workers
CCPA-BC Response to the BC Law Institute Consultation Paper on the Employment Standards Act Download 1.54 MB 21 pages The CCPA-BC has a long track…
The Monitor, September/October 2018
Fragile Recovery Download 9.57 MB A decade after the worst financial crash since the Great Depression, a fragile recovery is obscuring threats—some new, some as…
Amid NAFTA turmoil, Trudeau government quietly ditches progressive trade agenda
The future of Canada’s trading relationships has been a hot topic this week. But these conversations have largely been dominated by hand-wringing about a new…
Fast Facts: Manitoba’s Climate Plan Insufficient – New Report
At the Paris Climate Change meetings in late 2015, Canada committed to reducing green house gas (GHG) emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels…