Updates from the CCPA
Maclean's recently asked dozens of economists, analysts and investors what they consider to be the most important charts for Canada as we head into 2015. CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan...
December 18, 2014 |
National Office The province of Ontario is beginning consultations on its proposal to implement a made-in-Ontario public pension plan. CCPA Senior Economist Sheila Block and CCPA Research Associate Hugh Mackenzie...
December 18, 2014 |
Ontario Office Winnipeg celebrates CCPA-MB's 10th annual report on the issues most relevant to inner city neighbourhoods. This year was a retrospective on the last ten years by Shauna MacKinnon and it also...
December 17, 2014 |
Manitoba Office This CLC report explains the various levels of jurisdictional legislation governing labour mobility in Canada and finds that our "labour bomility regime has been more successful within Canada than...
December 16, 2014 |
British Columbia is the only province in Canada that does not have a human rights commission. That makes us the weakest province when it comes to fostering human rights awareness and preventing...
December 9, 2014 |
BC Office While Winnipeg is home to Canada's largest Aboriginal population, those same people are most likely to experience homelessness and are also over-represented in housing that is unaffordable,...
December 9, 2014 |
Manitoba Office When it comes to growing income inequality and a squeezed middle class, it's often said that Canada has it better than the US. That doesn't mean we aren't faced by troubling trends here. Whose job is...
December 4, 2014 |
National Office A Profitable Brew: A Financial Analysis of the SLGA and Its Potential Privatization by David Campanella challenges a number of the government’s economic assumptions in regards to the proposed...
December 3, 2014 |
Saskatchewan Office On November 27, the CCPA celebrated the life and career of Mike McBane, the first recipient of our new annual Social Justice Award. At a gathering in Ottawa, Mike was toasted by friends and...
December 2, 2014 |
National Office In Canada between the 50's and the 90's the federal government committed to long-term housing agreements. Today those agreements are ending. See full report.
November 21, 2014 |
Manitoba Office CCPA’s popular book on young workers, unions, and challenging neoliberalism is now available as a digital download for Amazon Kindle and iBooks!
From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union...
November 6, 2014 |
National Office The CCPA–BC is now accepting nominations for our annual Power of Youth Leadership Awards, which recognize and celebrate young progressive leaders in BC.
Are you, or do you know, a young leader...
November 5, 2014 |
BC Office A new study from the CCPA's BC Office examines often-ignored questions of climate justice: given Canada’s historical and ongoing contribution to global warming, what is our collective obligation to...
November 5, 2014 |
BC Office A new CCPA study, Narrowing the Gap: The difference public sector wages make, compares the wages of full-time public and private sector workers and finds significant gaps in the wages of women,...
October 28, 2014 |
National Office A wealth of evidence—both global and local—confirms the value of literacy, and the importance of programs that promote literacy. This is especially the case for low-income individuals and communities...
October 16, 2014 |
Manitoba Office