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Hennessy’s Index: December 2013
2013: Year In Review Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the…
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Public-Sector Employees in Québec: Fat Cats? Really?
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Black Friday GDP: Consumption Slows, But Inventories Jump
Ironically, Statistics Canada’s third-quarter GDP report on Black Friday showed the growth rate of consumption being cut in half. Final consumption expenditure grew by 0.4% in the…
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Work Life: Gabriel Bako reviews Loreto’s latest book
A review of From Demonized to Organized: Building the new Union Movement by Nora Loreto This new book published by CCPA National provides a timely…
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Over-consumption is the new black
At the end of the week, the United States will celebrate their national holiday, or rather that of the American Dream in its most mercantile,…
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How Harper can avoid turning the Budget Implementation Bill into a Duffy Budget Bill
On November 25th, I made the following submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance regarding Bill C-4, Economic Action Plan 2013 Act…
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A living wage for Manitoba families
WINNIPEG—Low-income families face difficult choices: pay the rent or buy food; forego dental care to buy school supplies. Parents faced with these dilemmas are stressed…
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A Family Living Wage for Manitoba
2013 Update Download 682.63 KB 12 pages With approximately 38,600 Manitobans earning minimum wage ($10.45/hour) and fully 73,700 Manitobans making only 10% more, we need…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2013
On the Front Lines: Teachers, Unions, and Social Progress Because unions have always been on the front lines fighting for progressive social change they have…
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