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Is the sun setting—or rising—on the CBC?
I was only a few years into my journalism career when the future began to visit the present. Newspapers were going through a hard time,…
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CCPA annual report 2024
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is Canada’s foremost progressive think tank. As an independent, non-profit research institute, we focus on issues of social,…
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Why did Canada just cave to Trump by scrapping the Digital Services Tax?
A lot doesn’t sit right about the Carney government’s capitulation to U.S. president Trump on the stillborn Digital Services Tax (DST), which would have taxed…
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How Toronto tenants took on their landlords—and won—with rent strikes
Canada is in the middle of a housing crisis that is disproportionately affecting the most economically precarious renters. In 2022, a report found that in…
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Liberals will need to rethink their promised budget cuts
The Liberal campaign platform promised big public sector “productivity” savings, but if you compare it to federal data, a concerning picture emerges. Some key highlights:
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Northern pipeline the wrong nation-building plan
The Western Canadian climate-induced wildfires show that the time for action on climate is now. But earlier this month, the Premier of Mantioba pitched a…
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November 2 – Errol Black Chair Fundraising Brunch 2025
Keynote Speaker Peggy Nash, CCPA Executive Director Sunday November 2,
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Who is Canada’s “climate king”?
The following is a re-print of the May 2025 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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