Saskatchewan Office Updates

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November 23, 2021 | Saskatchewan Office
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is angered and outraged by ongoing police violence and brutality against Black citizens and protestors across the continent. And while much of the current...
June 3, 2020 | National Office, BC Office, Saskatchewan Office, Manitoba Office, Ontario Office, Nova Scotia Office
Crude Lessons: Fossil Fuel Industry Influence on Environmental Education in Saskatchewan finds that it is the oil and gas industry that exerts an undue influence over how climate issues are taught in...
December 5, 2019 | Saskatchewan Office
Big Oil’s Political Reach: Mapping fossil fuel lobbying from Harper to Trudeau finds that between 2011 and 2018 the fossil fuel industry was one of the most active industry groups lobbying Canada's...
November 1, 2019 | BC Office, Saskatchewan Office
Please join us for our Annual General Meeting in Saskatoon, 5:00pm, Thursday, October 24th at Station 20 West. (1120 20th St. West) Courtney Carlberg, author of Saskatchewan's Failing Report Card on...
October 11, 2019 | Saskatchewan Office
The major investors in Canada’s fossil fuel sector have high stakes in maintaining business as usual rather than addressing the industry’s serious climate issues, says a new Corporate Mapping Project...
October 15, 2018 | BC Office, Saskatchewan Office
When we think of a “boomtown,” we often imagine a formerly sleepy rural town suddenly awash in wealth and economic expansion. It might surprise some to learn that for many municipalities in oil-...
May 23, 2018 | Saskatchewan Office
The role of government in Alberta, both involvement and funding, has been critical in ensuring that more than narrow corporate interests were served in the development of the province’s bitumen...
June 8, 2017 | BC Office, Saskatchewan Office
 A family of four would require a Living Wage of $16.95 per hour for Regina and $15.59 per hour for Weyburn in order to maintain a decent standard of living in each respective city. The Living Wage...
October 7, 2016 | Saskatchewan Office
More critical analysis of the government's liquor privatization plan! Matthew Campo investigates the economic impacts of liquor store privatization in four rural communities. Also see David...
February 23, 2016 | Saskatchewan Office
Do you have research or commentary relevant to Saskatchewan that is just burning to find an audience? The Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives may be the place for you!...
October 7, 2015 | Saskatchewan Office
A new report from the Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives raises serious concerns about accountability and oversight in the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure (MHI...
June 10, 2015 | Saskatchewan Office
A new report questions the long-term environmental sustainability of many elements of Saskatchewan's economic growth strategy. Building an Environmentally Sustainable Future for Saskatchewan:...
March 13, 2015 | Saskatchewan Office
SaskPower opened its $1.5 billion Boundary Dam Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Facility to much fanfare, with Premier Brad Wall hailing the project as "another Saskatchewan first." However, a new...
February 10, 2015 | Saskatchewan Office
A new CCPA Saskatchewan report by University of Winnipeg economists Hugh Grant, Manish Pandey and James Townsend, Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain: The Privatization of Hospital Laundry Services in...
January 20, 2015 | Saskatchewan Office