News & Research

Nova Scotia Budget a wedge, not a lever

There is an urgency for our government to use fiscal policy to promote a different kind of economic growth that no longer sacrifices the environment,…

March 25, 2018

Health Care

Income/wages

Policy Note

Poverty interventions are health interventions: Three considerations

An irrefutable evidence base demonstrates that socioeconomic conditions—in particular poverty and inequality—impact health. In health care we call these conditions ‘social determinants of health’ (SDOH)—a…

March 23, 2018

Health Care

Policy Note

Comprehensive action on surgical waiting times is good news for BC

The case for bold, evidence-based action on surgical waiting times—especially for hip and knee replacements that are among the longest in the country—is clear. That…

March 22, 2018

Housing & Homelessness

Policy Note

Provincial Budgets

Tax Policy

In defence of BC’s new “speculation” tax

Among the housing measures announced in BC Budget 2018, the new speculation tax has caused the most uproar. Some of this stems from a lack…

March 22, 2018

National Office

Alberta

News & Commentary

Tax Policy

It’s time: Alberta needs a sales tax

Alberta is the only Canadian province without a sales tax. That needs to change. With its own sales tax, Alberta could afford to make important…

March 22, 2018

Income Inequality

Reports

CCPA–BC Submission on the Development of a BC Poverty Reduction Plan

Download 1.88 MB4 pages This submission was made to the BC government to share the CCPA-BC’s recommendations regarding the development of a British Columbia Poverty…

March 22, 2018

Manitoba

Indigenous Rights

Fast Facts: Na-gah mo Waabishkizi Ojijaak Bimise Keetwaatino (Singing White Crane Flying North)

Gathering a Bundle for Indigenous Evaluation In many Indigenous Nations across the world, research is a contentious word because it has often been associated with…

March 21, 2018