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Manitoba

Government Finance
News & Commentary

Fast Facts: Winnipeg Free for All
There is a power struggle going on at City Hall that may open an opportunity for everyday Winnipeggers – if we get organized – to…
November 1, 2017
National Office

Economic Updates & Throne Speeches
News & Commentary
Public Services & Privatization

Federal economic and monetary updates demonstrate there’s lots of room to expand public services for working Canadians
After many years of “serial disappointment” and concerns about secular stagnation, Canada’s economy is finally growing at a solid pace, as Finance Minister Morneau and…
October 31, 2017
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BC

Climate Change
Policy Note
Provincial Budgets
Tax Policy

BC Budget must go beyond small carbon tax increases to fight climate change
After many years of inaction, BC needs a new climate plan. The previous government’s August 2016 Climate “Leadership” Plan was more than a disappointment. Not…
October 30, 2017
National Office

Reports
Seniors & Long-Term Care

Exercising Choice in Long-Term Residential Care
Download 851.23 KB 128 pages “Our research indicates that strategies intended to support choices for long-term care residents must be based on the understanding that care is…
October 30, 2017
Manitoba

Education

Freeze to Squeeze
Higher tuition puts pressure on Manitoba Families Governments have often turned to investments in higher education to generate hope and opportunity for young people and…
October 28, 2017
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BC

Climate Change
Income & Wages
Policy Note
Tax Policy
The Economy

Climate justice and the BC carbon tax: 20th Anniversary retrospective
BC’s carbon tax was announced in February 2008, a year after the landmark February 2007 Throne Speech that focused extensively on climate change. That set…
October 27, 2017
National Office
Ontario

Income & Wealth Inequality
News & Commentary

Canada’s population is changing but income inequality remains a problem
New 2016 Census data shows an increasing share of the population comprises racialized, immigrant, and Indigenous people in Canada but the income gap between them…
October 27, 2017
BC

Human Rights
Indigenous Rights
Race & Anti-Racism

Senator Murray Sinclair: The truth is hard. Reconciliation is harder.
BC Office 20th Anniversary Gala keynote Download Senator Sinclair’s slide presentation here.
October 27, 2017
BC

Children & Youth
Policy Note
Provincial Budgets

Five steps BC needs to take to begin building a universal, affordable, quality child care system
There’s no question that BC’s fragmented patchwork of child care programs with exorbitant prices, inadequate spaces and inconsistent quality fails to meet the needs of…
October 26, 2017

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