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BC budget boosts deficit and capital spending in response to Trump tariffs—and that’s a good thing
British Columbia’s 2025 provincial budget arrived just over four months after the October 2024 BC election but in the interim the world has changed. The…
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Canada should learn from Plan Mexico to respond to Trump
With U.S. President Donald Trump having implemented near-universal 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports, politicians and pundits have focused on ensuring Canada remains “competitive”…
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Manitoba Budget 2025 – Must build resilience from the bottom up
Manitoba’s budget must take bold action to insulate our province from emerging risks
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Never let a good crisis go to waste
The following is a re-print of the January 2025 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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If Canada wants greater independence from the U.S., it should open its borders
Donald Trump had barely settled into the White House when his victory sent a wave of anxiety through Canadian politicians, business leaders, and citizens. Concerns…
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The new Canada-Ecuador trade deal pushes anti-democratic trade policy
Amidst all the chaos brought on by Trump’s tariff threats, Canada’s federal trade minister celebrated a minor win this month: the finalization of a trade…
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Whoever wins the election, Ontario must reinvest in post-secondary education
Ontario’s universities and colleges are in a state of financial crisis. Across the province, post-secondary institutions, citing a lack of revenue needed to fund operations,…
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Ten Trump-proof nation-building projects for a strong, independent Canada
Thanks to decades of concerted action by Canadian businesses and governments—often working in opposition to workers and the broader public interest—the Canadian economy is now…
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Canada’s proposed high speed rail shouldn’t be a public private partnership
The federal government’s announcement on February 19 that it will pursue an electrified high speed rail (HSR) project from Toronto to Quebec City is welcome…
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When it comes to housing, Ontarians have clear choices in this election
It’s been a tough election for policy analysts. We like long platforms, detailed policy proposals, and lots of numbers. We didn’t get much of that…
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Those big GDP numbers about interprovincial trade barriers are wrong
A lot of public discourse in Canada right now is about how we need to urgently remove interprovincial trade barriers in the face of the…
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In the Ontario election, we’re not talking about money—which the province urgently needs
With the Ontario election well underway, we should be having a debate about how to pay for the things the province urgently needs.
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