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Por qué decimos no: Mujeres indígenas y defensoras ecuatorianas traen un mensaje de preocupación a Canadá en medio de negociaciones comerciales de alto riesgo
Toronto—Cuatro mujeres lideresas en la primera línea de los esfuerzos cada vez más peligrosos para proteger los derechos y la naturaleza en Ecuador visitarán Canadá…
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Who should build our electric cars?
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Manitoba families struggling to get ahead: Study
WINNIPEG – Manitoba families are working harder but the vast majority is struggling to get ahead, says a study by the Canadian Centre for Policy…
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Out-of-control rents
CMHC, “Rental Market Survey Data Tables,” 2023. For a notable exception, see John Rapley, “Canada’s approach to housing is bad for the economy,” The Globe…
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The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was an expensive mistake
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Minimum wage workers across Canada face out-of-control rents that far exceed their income
Province Minimum wage (Oct. 2023) Rental wage for 1 bedroom Rental wage for 2 bedroom B.C. $16.75 $29.96 $35.90 Ontario $16.55 $28.50 $32.63 Alberta $15.00…
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A Decade of Migrant Care Worker Programs
For more than a century, Canada has seen thousands of migrant care workers enter the country to provide much needed care work.
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Canada’s Broken Promises to Migrant Care Workers—More Pilot Programs Not a Solution—
VANCOUVER — The federal government must ensure that just-announced pilot programs for migrant care workers are not the latest in a series of failed such programs,…
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What is the “rental wage” in my neighborhood?
Across Canada, rents are out of control. In 2019, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives introduced the concept of the “rental wage” to Canada. The rental…
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