Updates from the CCPA
Today we released a report on "fracking" In northeastern BC: a controversial process that gas companies are using to extract natural gas from deeply buried shale formations. The provincial...
November 9, 2011 |
BC Office Income inequality is the worst it’s been in 90 years, worse even than at its previous peak in the Roaring Twenties. As the gap widens between the rich and poor, economists predict growing unrest in...
November 7, 2011 |
National Office A great many individuals and organizations help make the CCPA-BC tick. But we are especially grateful for the support of one of our key partners, the Columbia Institute.
In addition to working...
November 3, 2011 |
BC Office Simon Enoch, the Director of the Saskatchewan Office, talks Saskatchewan politics with Prairie Dog reporter Greg Beatty.
Visit here for the full discussion.
November 3, 2011 |
Saskatchewan Office The Saskatchewan Office is proud to announce the release of After the Freeze: Restoring University Affordability in Saskatchewan by professor Paul Gingrich. This report examines the impact of rising...
November 3, 2011 |
Saskatchewan Office As of November 3rd, CCPA economist Armine Yalnizyan will appear every Thursday on the CBC News Network’s The Lang & O'Leary Exchange. Tune in to watch Armine bring a progressive perspective to...
November 3, 2011 |
National Office The CCPA Ontario Office has published a report by The Kingston Community Roundtable on Poverty Reduction, Living Wage Working Group that calculates the hourly wage needed in income to meet the basic...
November 1, 2011 |
Ontario Office We hope you can join us November 10th in Toronto for (In)Equality Matters: Social Justice and the Economy.
Incensed by skyrocketing corporate profits and plummeting average incomes? Think wealthy...
October 28, 2011 |
National Office, Ontario Office Every year the federal finance committee invites different groups to submit their budget ideas. The theory goes that good ideas can then be incorporated into the federal budget. This year the list of...
October 27, 2011 |
National Office Macleans magazine has created a great simple online calculator to help Canadians see where they belong on the income inequality scale. Click here to plug in your annual income and find out where you...
October 25, 2011 |
National Office A new CCPA study argues that we need a fundamental rethinking of where Canada is going in its energy policy.
Climate Change and the Canadian Energy Sector: Implications for Labour and Trade Unions,...
October 25, 2011 |
National Office The Saskatchewan Office would like to thank all of you who came out to hear Linda McQuaig in Regina and Saskatoon last week. For those of you that missed Linda, we have the first part of her...
October 24, 2011 |
Saskatchewan Office We're pleased to introduce our 2012 Calendar: An Agenda for Social Change. This is about more than keeping you organized—each month identifies and describes key dates in Canada's social justice...
October 19, 2011 |
National Office
Award-winning journalist and best-selling author Linda McQuaig will speak in both Regina and Saskatoon on Wednesday October 19th and Thursday October 20th...
October 17, 2011 |
Saskatchewan Office The recent decision by the European Union (EU) to disregard Canadian government pressure and forge ahead with regulations that recognise the higher green-house-gas intensity of fuel produced from...
October 14, 2011 |
National Office