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The Monitor, May/June 2022
Hatred unmasked: Tracking the rise of right-wing extremism in Canada Download 4.99 MB Issue highlights: The wellness-to-white-supremacy pipeline is alive and well. Stacy Lee Kong’s examines…
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Ontario school board funding fell by $800 per student over four years: CCPA
TORONTO—Ministry of Education funding for Ontario’s 72 school boards fell by an average of $800 per student from 2017-18 to 2021-22, new analysis from the…
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Groups urge government to immediately disclose how much subsidies are propping up Drax Group, BC’s largest wood pellet producer
VANCOUVER — The BC government must immediately disclose how many logs from publicly owned forests are turned directly into wood pellets at mills owned by the …
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Federal budget makes inroads into dental care; Missed opportunity on pharmacare and long-term care
There’s room to go bolder on climate change, housing, EI, the care economy, taxes READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA —Today’s federal commitment to create…
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Get to know the CCPA-NS
Get to know Lauren Matheson This interview with Lauren was originally published in the March/April 2022 issue of the Monitor. Office: Nova Scotia Position: Community Development…
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Nova Scotia Budget Doesn’t Meet Current Challenges
Halifax, NS – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS is concerned that even more people will be left behind because of holes in our safety…
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COVID-19 era provincial deficits on track to disappear faster than anticipated
Some provinces are prolonging deficits by handing out tax cuts: report CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Provincial deficits are on track to disappear…
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The Monitor, March/April 2022
Out of service: Reimagining the future of Canada’s public transit Download 4.2 MB In the two years since Canada’s pandemic experience began, transit ridership across…
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Energy giant Drax’s monopoly of BC’s wood pellet industry must be investigated, union, conservation and public policy groups demand
VANCOUVER — The company operating the world’s largest wood-fired thermal electricity plant has too much control of British Columbia’s wood pellet industry and must be…
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Passing the Buck
The impact of increasing Memorial University tuition to pay down Newfoundland and Labrador’s deficit Download 961.47 KB19 pages The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is…
The Monitor, January/February 2022
Twenty years of anti-terror legislation Download 4.17 MB In the aftermath of September 11, Canada’s Anti-terrorism Act (ATA), Bill C-36, received Royal Assent on December…