Updates from the CCPA

Gas prices in Canada are soaring even though the price of oil is well below recent highs. In order to help Canadians know what they should be paying for gas, the CCPA  developed an online gasoline...
May 11, 2011 | National Office
CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan gets up close and personal in this pivotal lecture on income inequality and democracy. Watch the TVO video of the lecture, which was produced in collaboration...
May 9, 2011 | National Office
CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan and Senator Hugh Segal took Canadians' questions about how to close the income gap between the rich and the rest of us. Read the exchange here.
May 6, 2011 |
The spring 2011 issue of Our Schools / Our Selves -- Critical Mass: A primer for social change comes at a pivotal time in our political and social development. It tries to get at a few key questions...
May 5, 2011 |
CCPA Executive Director Bruce Campbell's letter urging Canadians to vote: Dear Friends, Today is election day. The posts and links in this bulletin have a single theme: get out and vote. This is no...
May 2, 2011 | National Office
The Toronto Star's Olivia Ward weighs in on the election and the role of income inequality in the political question of the day: Will our federal government work for the common good? Read the story,...
April 30, 2011 | National Office
The Saskatchewan Office has just released a new edition of SaskNotes, detailing the success of the inaugural year of  the Next Up Youth Leadership program in the province.  Over the past six months,...
April 28, 2011 | Saskatchewan Office
Canada’s financial sector has been the greatest beneficiary of recent corporate income tax cuts, as well as from preferred tax rates applied to capital gains taxes and stock options. In total, the...
April 27, 2011 | National Office
On April 19, 2011, Winnipeg's Right to Housing coalition held a March for Housing to coincide with the Red Tent Day of Action across Canada. The march drew attention to the urgent need for affordable...
April 21, 2011 | Manitoba Office
Today we co-published a study with the Wilderness Committee that sets out key strategies for urban, suburban and rural areas that will improve transportation and quality of life at the same time....
April 18, 2011 | BC Office
A new CCPA study examines historical data on business investment and cash flow from 1961 through 2010, and, using econometric techniques, finds no evidence in the historical data that lower taxes...
April 13, 2011 | National Office
On the CCPA federal election blog, research associate David MacDonald takes a look at what the four major national federal parties are saying in their platforms vs. what they actually want to spend...
April 12, 2011 | National Office
Canada's Afghan training mission has a high risk of casualties and a low chance of success, says new report published by the CCPA and the Rideau Institute. Analysts Michael Byers and Stuart Webb...
April 11, 2011 | National Office
Moving Medicare Forward presents the argument for an expanded, truly equitable public health system in Canada. Featuring Saskatchewan's own Roy Romanow, Rosalee Longmoore and Steven Lewis, along with...
April 8, 2011 | Saskatchewan Office
The CCPA's law-student intern, Maria Gergin, has compiled a comprehensive account of the Harper government's crackdown on oppossing views. Her article, Silencing Dissent: The Conservative...
April 7, 2011 | National Office