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Fostering Community Economic Development with Ethical Consumption
An Experiment Using Fair Trade Coffee Download 1.36 MB31 pages This paper aims to contribute to an exploration of whether ethical consumption (purchasing commodities that…
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CETA and Nova Scotia
Who Pays for ‘Free’ Trade? Download 514.25 KB 44 pages This report is a step toward remedying the unjustifiable lack of transparency about the Comprehensive…
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The Social and Economic (Under) Development of Northern Manitoba Communities Over the Past Two and a Half Decades
Download 1.61 MB46 pages Northern Manitoba is the area defined within the four Statistics Canada census divisons: number 19, 21, 22 and 23. It is…
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Enhancing Democratic Citizenship, Deepening Distributive Justice
The Living Wage Movement Download 1.06 MB 52 pages This report looks at the history of the minimum wage and living wage in Ontario and…
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BC’s Legislated Greenhouse Gas Targets vs Natural Gas Development
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Download 593.1 KB12 pages
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A Living Wage As a Human Right
Download 432.43 KB18 pages In Canada, many workers do not earn a living wage because of discrimination. Women workers and those who are racialized, immigrant,…
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Youth Employment and Un(der) Employment in Canada
More Than a Temporary Problem? Download 430.55 KB 6 pages This report looks at trends in youth employment, and finds that one of the most…
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Unions in a Democratic Society
A Response to the Consultation Paper on the Renewal of Labour Legislation in Saskatchewan Download 650.84 KB34 pages This paper constitutes a response to the…
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Straightjacket
CETA’s Constraining Effects on Ontario This report details the ways in which the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) could accelerate Ontario’s industrial decline and…
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The Path to Better Child Care in Ontario
Download 2.9 MB8 pages This primer on child care in Ontario, co-authored by child care expert Martha Friendly and CCPA Ontario Director Trish Hennessy, makes the…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2012, Volume 15, Number 3 Download 1.13 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Better seniors care a solution to overcrowded hospitals and surgery wait times…
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