Please donate to support our work today
The CCPA is Canada’s foremost progressive research institute. Click here to donate to support our work. Thank you so much for your support!
-
Canada’s federal government abandons national pharmacare
There will be no new federal funding for pharmacare. Provinces and territories will have to go it alone.
As Canada’s leading progressive think tank, we are ready to amplify your voice.
Join us in the fight for the future we want.
And the Canada we deserve.
One where no one is left behind.
Support the work that keeps YOUR priorities front and centre in the debates that determine our lives.
-
Mel Myers: For Manitoba’s unions
Mel Myers was for over three decades Manitoba’s most prominent union-side labour lawyer, and one of Canada’s very best.
-
Le déficit de financement des écoles de l’Ontario continue de s’accroître depuis 2018, pour atteindre les 6,4 milliards de dollars
Le sous-financement chronique est le problème; ce n’est pas la mauvaise gestion financière. On demande aux écoles année après année d’en faire plus avec moins
-
Not up to code: The potential downside of hyperscale data centres in Vancouver’s downtown
Residents living in close proximity to data centres report difficulties sleeping and other health problems
-
New data shows food insecurity is still a national issue in Canada
Statistics Canada data shows food insecurity is near its worst point since the agency started collecting data
-
The quiet subsidy: How bargaining delays transfer money from workers to employers
The hidden cost of employer delays are paid entirely by workers—but policy changes could fix it
-
An important step for provincial child care
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on May 4, 2026.
The CCPA is a non-partisan research institute producing research and analysis to help policy-makers, activists, and Canadians make informed decisions.
Who we are-
Conçu pour échouer: La crise financière croissante dans le secteur hospitalier de l’Ontario
La crise financière croissante dans le secteur hospitalier de l’Ontario nuit aux patient(e)s et aux collectivités
-
The post-secondary transition experiences of Indigenous and racialized students
CEDA Pathways graduates need more support in their post-secondary transition
-
Manitoba housing needs and rental housing data 2025-26
This report provides extensive data to understand housing need and the affordability of rental housing in Manitoba for lower income households.
-
-
Realizing potential: Reflections on policy responses to displaced persons in Manitoba
Supports available to newcomers under the special cohort-based initiatives for displaced Syrians, Afghans, and Ukrainians model what’s possible for Manitoba, and Canada.
-
Manitoba Living Wage Update 2025
Winnipeg’s living wage rises by $1.02 per hour, Brandon and Thompson essentially hold steady
The latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you
News & updates from across Canada
-
Not up to code: The potential downside of hyperscale data centres in Vancouver’s downtown
Residents living in close proximity to data centres report difficulties sleeping and other health problems
-
Back to Blakeney: Keeping oil industry super-profits in Saskatchewan
The province has implemented excess profits taxes on the oil industry before. With no end in sight to the Iran war, it…
-
Mel Myers: For Manitoba’s unions
Mel Myers was for over three decades Manitoba’s most prominent union-side labour lawyer, and one of Canada’s very best.
-
Le déficit de financement des écoles de l’Ontario continue de s’accroître depuis 2018, pour atteindre les 6,4 milliards de dollars
Le sous-financement chronique est le problème; ce n’est pas la mauvaise gestion financière. On demande aux écoles année après année d’en faire…
-
Backgrounder: Long-Term Care in Nova Scotia: Pandemic Lessons and Persistent Failure
This backgrounder details the research methodology and full survey findings of the CCPA-NS report Long-Term Care in Nova Scotia: Pandemic Lessons and…
-
New data shows food insecurity is still a national issue in Canada
Statistics Canada data shows food insecurity is near its worst point since the agency started collecting data
