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National Office

News & Commentary
Public Health

Budget cuts will exacerbate food safety issues
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October 5, 2012
Ontario

Employment & Labour
Gender Equality
Human Rights
Income & Wealth Inequality
Living Wage
Reports

A Living Wage As a Human Right
Download 432.43 KB18 pages In Canada, many workers do not earn a living wage because of discrimination. Women workers and those who are racialized, immigrant,…
October 5, 2012
National Office

News Release

Canada’s underemployed youth slow to recover in post-recession: study
OTTAWA—The ability of Canada’s young workers to find stable, well-paid, and meaningful work is increasingly under threat, says a report released today by the Canadian…
October 4, 2012
National Office

Employment & Labour
Income & Wealth Inequality
Reports

Youth Employment and Un(der) Employment in Canada
More Than a Temporary Problem? Download 430.55 KB 6 pages This report looks at trends in youth employment, and finds that one of the most…
October 4, 2012
BC

Health Care
Policy Note

Will a flu shot keep you healthy? (hint: probably not)
BC’s Provincial Health Officer Dr Perry Kendall announced in August that BC will be adopting a policy mandating flu shots for health care workers. Or…
October 3, 2012
Manitoba

Income & Wealth Inequality

Tax Increment Financing and Social Enterprise
Promoting Equitable Community Revitalization in Winnipeg Currently, Manitoba is one of only two provinces in Canada that utilizes Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as a means…
October 2, 2012
National Office

Tax Policy

Disparate Groups Unite to Oppose Transit Pass Tax Credit
Can you identify a tax policy that is so ineffective, wasteful, inequitable, and cumbersome that political parties, think-tanks, and non-profit organizations across the political spectrum…
October 1, 2012
National Office

International

CETA’s Harmful Constraints on Ontario
Trade deal with Europe threatens many costly ill-effects The governments of Canada and the European Union (EU) are in the final stages of negotiating a…
October 1, 2012
National Office

Gender Equality
Human Rights

Abortion and Women’s Rights
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
October 1, 2012

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