News & Research | CCPA

Search

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.

Ontario

Economic Indicators
Employment & Labour
Income & Wealth Inequality
News & Commentary

Déjà vu: Ontario’s recession and the 1930s
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – One year after the Crash of October 2008, Ontario’s recession is looking eerily like the Great…
October 13, 2009
Ontario

Economic Indicators
Employment & Labour
Income & Wealth Inequality
Reports

Close Encounters of the ‘Thirties’ Kind
Download 219.14 KB8 pages
October 13, 2009
BC

Children & Youth
Employment & Labour
Gender Equality
Housing & Homelessness
Income & Wages
Policy Note
Tax Policy

The catch-22 of low-income benefits that are phased out quickly
My friend Emily is a single mom. She works full time for a salary that keeps her and her child above the poverty line but…
October 9, 2009
BC

Policy Note
Tax Policy
The Economy

HST: Why do the Feds want it so bad?
As the debate rages in BC about the Harmonized Sales Tax, one curious dimension I’ve been puzzling over is this––why do the Feds want the…
October 8, 2009
National Office

News Release

Pension system needs urgent attention: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA— Canada’s pension system needs urgent attention, says a new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…
October 8, 2009
National Office

Reports
Seniors & Long-Term Care

What Can We Do About Pensions?
Download 146.54 KB9 pages
October 8, 2009
BC

Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note

Canada-US Clean Energy Dialogue – worrisome signs
In February 2009 the US and Canada initiated a joint effort to deal with climate change issues through the US-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue (CED). The…
October 7, 2009
BC

Climate Change
Policy Note
Tax Policy
The Economy

James at the UBCM: A welcome move off revenue-neutrality
In her speech last Thursday to the annual meeting of the Union of BC Municipalities, NDP leader Carole James declared: “I am calling on the…
October 6, 2009
Manitoba

Infrastructure, Cities & Transit

Fast Facts: Building a community of opportunity and hope
Lord Selkirk Park Recent events in Gilbert Park have cast Winnipeg’s North End public housing complexes in a negative light. An opposition politician has called…
October 6, 2009

Updates from the CCPA

Read the latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you.