Menu
News & Research
Read our latest research, policy analysis and commentary
Our publications are available to all at no cost. Please support the CCPA and help make important research and ideas available to everyone. Make a donation today.
-
The Local Financial Crisis
Exorbitant interest on payday loans hurt many Canadians There is no shortage of media coverage about the global financial crisis, bank bailouts, bankers’ bonuses, fears…
-
Big “Fracking” Problem
Natural gas industry’s “fracking” risks causing earthquakes At the end of this month (Feb. 28), Quebec’s public consultations body, the Bureau des audiences publiques sur…
-
Inequality
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…
-
Free to grow or free to fail? Emerging science raises questions about health of our future forests
As tree-planting company representatives from across British Columbia gather in Kelowna for a conference this week, a lot of attention will focus on the question…
-
Ontario’s Deficit Quandary
When Politics Trump Economics Download 246.47 KB10 pages As it prepares its budget for 2011 — an election year — the Ontario government faces a…
-
Saskatchewan’s Potash: Who Really Benefits? Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Regina — The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Saskatchewan Office today released Exploiting Saskatchewan’s Potash: Who Benefits? by John W.…
-
Exploiting Saskatchewan’s Potash: Who Benefits?
Download 1.24 MB 37 pages The debate over the future of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. has been limited to the issue of which…
-
Poverty costs PEI over $240 million a year
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. CHARLOTTETOWN/HALIFAX–It is estimated that the total cost of poverty in Prince Edward Island is at minimum between $240 and $320…
-
Cost of Poverty in Prince Edward Island
Download 360.76 KB7 pages It is estimated that the total cost of poverty in PEI is at minimum between $240 and $320 million per year,…
Updates from the CCPA
Read the latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you.
CCPA Updates