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Living wage shows real cost of raising a family
Would lift thousands out of poverty, share prosperity of BC’s economy READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) A new study calls on major public and…
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Working for a Living Wage 2008
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Vancouver and Victoria Download 2.85 MB 52 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments…
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“Unfree” Farm Labour in British Columbia?
The sudden firing and repatriation of 14 Mexican agricultural workers from an Abbotsford greenhouse earlier this month once again highlights the exploitive nature of Canada’s…
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Where Are the Women?
Gender Equity, Budgets and Canadian Public Policy Download 206.23 KB146 pages Contemporary Canadian fiscal and social policy reforms have been accompanied by the progressive disappearance…
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The Conservative government’s record comes under fire in new e-book
OTTAWA—Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released The Harper Record, the most comprehensive analysis of the Conservative minority government’s record to date. “Scheduled…
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The Harper Record
This book is one in a series of CCPA publications that have examined the records of Canadian federal governments during the duration of their tenure.…
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Canadian productivity declines for third consecutive quarter
Harper government first in Canada to oversee negative productivity growth READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The Harper government has become the first elected federal administration…
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Poverty and Social Exclusion
Solving Complex Issues through Comprehensive Approaches Download 248.91 KB 4 pages
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