Updates from the CCPA
Union women fought hard for equity gains over the past five decades. In the current climate of recession, cutbacks, and austerity, are we now losing ground? A veryuseful website from York University ...
March 27, 2013 |
More and more we’re starting to hear how groups of precariously-employed workers are responding to the vagaries of the “new normal” labour market. From lower-skilled workers to professionals of all...
March 27, 2013 |
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The 2013 Nova Scotia Alternative Provincial Budget invests in good jobs, strong communities, and participatory economics. It is a comprehensive budget that involved 30 plus collaborators and makes...
March 26, 2013 |
Nova Scotia Office Between two-thirds and four-fifths of known fossil fuel reserves have been deemed to be "unburnable carbon" that cannot safely be combusted without leading to catastrophic climate change.
A new...
March 26, 2013 |
National Office, BC Office The following CCPA staff, research associates, and Alternative Federal Budget partners have posted their budget analysis on our blog (watch this space—we'll be posting links as they come in):
David...
March 21, 2013 |
National Office Saskatchewan Office Director Simon Enoch evaluates the provincial budget and whether our province is in the grips of the same fiscal delusions as Alberta.
More Here.
March 21, 2013 |
Saskatchewan Office Hugh Mackenzie and Trish Hennessy talk about the conversation Ontarians should be having about austerity measures. They indicate that there are plenty of revenue options for the province to rebuild...
March 20, 2013 |
Ontario Office A new report from CCPA-Ontario shows that Ontario hasn't returned to pre-recession economic health, and finds that austerity measures are compounding the problem by effectively slowing economic...
March 17, 2013 |
Ontario Office Like Canada, Norway has considerable petro-wealth. However, unlike Canada, the Norwegian government has a hand in the development, allocation and sharing of this valuable resource. CCPA’s Executive...
March 13, 2013 |
National Office On March 12th, the CCPA released the Alternative Federal Budget 2013: Doing Better Together. This year's AFB shows how growth-killing austerity can be replaced by a plan that strengthens the economy...
March 11, 2013 |
National Office If you haven’t run across the Citizen’s Press website yet, we recommend that you take a look.
Citizen's Press is a Canadian online publication for progressive, union-oriented researchers, activists...
March 8, 2013 |
National Office More than ever, Canada needs a budget that allows us to take back our future and to restore a sense of the public good — a sense that we can do better togetherrather than continuing on the dead-end...
March 6, 2013 |
National Office CCPA-NS is continuing its work, in partnership with The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies and the Nova Scotia Chambers of Commerce, to ask that the Province of Nova Scotia undertake a study into...
March 6, 2013 |
Nova Scotia Office Collaborating for municipal tax reform.
This is a first. We have partnered with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, and the Nova Scotia Chambers of Commerce to ask that the Province of Nova...
February 25, 2013 |
Nova Scotia Office A new study published by the CCPA and the Polaris Institute shows how the failure to carefully regulate the bitumen industry is putting Canada on a dangerous economic and environmental trajectory....
February 21, 2013 |
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