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Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies
Ontario’s hospitals are being privatized through the costly use of for-profit staffing agencies
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On Trump and trade, Canada is asking the right questions—but proposing the wrong answers
The following is a re-print of the March 2025 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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Building better
Community benefits agreements are a creative and effective way to build a better construction workforce
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During Trump’s trade war, protecting the working class should be top of mind
As we await tomorrow’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement from the White House, the threat to Canadian jobs couldn’t be clearer.
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Trump’s tariff war could compel U.S. companies to flee Canada: that could hurt one in 10 workers
While we don’t know the extent of Trump’s tariff war on Canada, we do know it will affect workers’ jobs and livelihoods.
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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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The big threat to Manitoba healthcare is still recruitment and retention, not expenditures
Manitoba’s government was elected in October 2023 with a strong mandate to ‘fix healthcare’. Central to this commitment is resetting the relationship with Manitoba’s healthcare…
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Amazon’s Quebec closures are a wake-up call for Canada’s labour movement
Amazon’s January 22 closure of all seven of its warehouses in Quebec is a shocking and unprecedented attack on North American workers. Not only does…
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Which Canadian workers will be hit hardest by a trade war with the United States?
On February 10, U.S. President Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada. This comes despite the 30…
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Submission to the Industrial Inquiry Commission on the dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia
This submission provides an overview of the pertinent social and economic factors that the Industrial Inquiry Commission must consider as it develops recommendations concerning the…
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Ontario lost nearly 1,300 residential construction jobs last year—the worst in Canada
Public policy researchers spill a lot of ink on housing affordability, but we pay a lot less attention to residential construction as an employment sector.…
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