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CCPA Submission to BC Budget Consultations 2015
Download 1.23 MB 13 pages 2015 marks the sixth year of BC’s recovery from the recession. But it’s been a slow and largely jobless recovery.…
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Dispelling Minimum Wage Mythology
The Minimum Wage and the Impact on Jobs in Canada, 1983–2012 Download 697.6 KB 26 pages This report conducts a wide empirical study of Canadian…
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Minimum wage has no consistent effect on employment levels: study
OTTAWA—There is no consistent connection between higher minimum wages and employment levels in Canada, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy…
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Let’s Not Go There Again
You would think that the fiasco of the government forcing BC Hydro in recent years to buy run-of-river and other IPP supply that it didn’t…
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Get back in line, Mr. Premier
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Wage War on Poverty, Not on Teachers and Schools: Poverty and Education in Nova Scotia
Today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. There is lots of work ahead of us before we achieve that goal. Poverty rates in…
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Density, condos and housing affordability
How is it that we have seen a non-stop construction boom in Vancouver over the past decade-plus and yet we still have huge homelessness and affordable…
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Calculating a Living Wage for the Waterloo Region
Download 566.15 KB 22 pages A Waterloo region family of four with two working parents needs to earn $16 an hour to make ends meet.…
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Waterloo workers need $16/hour to get by: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Kitchener-Waterloo – A Waterloo region family of four with two working parents needs to earn $16 an hour…
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$15 child care: Canada’s hottest new political pledge?
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Fast Facts: Grassroots women’s mayoral forum sheds light on key issues
On October 8th, over 60 women gathered at the Circle of Life Thunderbird House on Treaty One territory to share their views on municipal issues…
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Supporting Refugees with High Needs to Settle in Manitoba
Download 1.16 MB40 pages Family Dynamics approached the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives — Manitoba (CCPA-MB) to undertake a study of the Family Dynamics Family…
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