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Fiscal update: Middle class children and those children working hard to join the middle class
In the 2015 election the Liberal Party platform stood out by promising to run a deficit in order to provide stimulus to a then slow-growing…
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Go Big or Go Home: Lessons from the federal government’s botched tax reform attempt
Now that the dust has begun to settle on the federal government’s train wreck of a tax reform initiative that would have limited the ability…
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BC has fiscal room to make lives better
Looking ahead to BC’s 2018 budget, strong public investment is needed more than ever if our province is to tackle the large and pressing problems…
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Pushing back against campus precarity
A lot of numbers are circulated during the coverage of a strike. But in the current strike by Ontario college faculty, two in particular stand…
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Legal Aid Denied: A 20th Anniversary retrospective
Legal Aid Denied: Women and the Cuts to Legal Services in BC was written in 2004 shortly after the election of a neo-conservative Liberal government…
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Tracking the gender gap in Canada’s big cities: How’s BC doing?
A new report released today uncovers important gaps in the experiences of men and women across Canada. The CCPA’s annual study of the Best and…
The KPMG Report
No solution for the low-income housing problem Consulting firm KPMG’s recommendations that Manitoba Housing units be sold and that the private sector play a greater…
The Good, The Best, and the Imperfect: Measuring the Gender Gap
Why put together an index of gender equality in Canada? Why rush in where my better colleagues have warned me not to tread? As these…
The Best and Worst Places to be a Woman in Canada 2017
The Gender Gap in Canada’s 25 Biggest Cities READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—This annual study provides a snapshot of the gaps in men and…
The best and worst cities in Canada to be a woman in 2017: Study
OTTAWA—A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) uncovers the best and worst cities to be a woman in Canada.…
Eight reasons the Site C dam is not needed: My testimony to BC Utilities Commission
Last week, I appeared before the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) at their Technical Presentation Session in Vancouver, and gave a brief presentation about my findings…
Fast Facts: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
The cost of doing nothing to prevent tragedy As the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) continues, a new study looks…