National Office Updates
Canadians are being told that public health care financing is not sustainable, and that the solution is a shift to more private health insurance and private delivery of services. On June 17, 2010...
June 28, 2010 |
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Canadians are being told that public health care financing is not sustainable, and that the solution is a shift to more private health insurance and private delivery of services. Renowned...
June 28, 2010 |
National Office Statistics Canada released 2008 income data for Canadians and finds median after-tax family incomes were flatlined and the number of families living in poverty remained virtually unchanged compared...
June 18, 2010 |
National Office He has committed his life to the advancement of human rights. He's watched Canada move from a "sharing and caring" society to the "new barbarism." Now Ed Broadbent comes out swinging.
In his...
May 31, 2010 |
National Office A groundbreaking new report shows the earnings gap between the rich and the rest of Quebeckers is at a 30-year high.The report, co-published by Institut de recherche et d’informations socio-...
May 19, 2010 |
National Office The CCPA's new Pensions and Retirement Quiz will test your knowledge of Canadians' financial circumstances as they end their careers and/or enter retirement.
This quiz is based on a series of reports...
April 30, 2010 |
National Office On the eve of the National Day of Mourning for workers killed on the job, the CCPA is releasing two studies highlighting the need for improved health and safety enforcement and regulation. ...
April 27, 2010 |
National Office, BC Office Earlier this week the Fraser Institute released a report claiming the average Canadian family’s tax bill has increased by a whopping 1,624% since 1961. The report was widely distributed by...
April 21, 2010 |
National Office The third round of negotiations for the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are taking place in Ottawa April 19-23. A new CCPA analysis of the proposed agreement warns that it...
April 19, 2010 |
National Office A new report by pension expert and CCPA Research Associate Monica Townson argues that expanding the Canada Pension Plan is the most effective way to address Canada's pension difficulties. Options for...
April 14, 2010 |
National Office Income inequality has been growing in Canada, but it's even worse for Aboriginal peoples. For every dollar non-Aboriginals earned in 2006, Aboriginal peoples earned only 70 cents – a slight narrowing...
April 8, 2010 |
National Office What's different between this recession and the last one? How many jobs did the stimulus funding create? What proportion of the federal deficit was caused by corporate tax cuts?
Find out how much...
March 30, 2010 |
National Office Commentary on the federal budget and Speech from the Throne by CCPA staff and research associates are available on the CCPA website.
The Speech from the Throne signaled the Harper government's intent...
March 12, 2010 |
National Office The CCPA released the Alternative Federal Budget for 2010 today. In addition to the budget document, the alternative budget put forward a six point jobs plan to confront the jobs crisis and get...
March 1, 2010 |
National Office The February 2010 issue of The CCPA Monitor, a monthly research magazine free for the Centre's members, has been released.
This month's preview articles, available below, reflect some of the major...
February 23, 2010 |
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