Blogs

Stay informed and up-to-date! The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has three blogs that deliver timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect Canadians. Our blogs address a range of public policy matters, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more.

Find out more about each of our blogs below:

The Monitor Online (National Office, Ontario Office, Nova Scotia Office, and Saskatchewan Office)

Our site MonitorMag.ca features the best in progressive analysis. Our Monitor magazine digs deep on the biggest issues facing Canada, while Behind the Numbers offers quantitative analysis that readers can't find anywhere else. 

Policy Note (BC Office)

Policy Note examines and analyzes current and emerging policy debates, and offers solutions that are both practical and hopeful. One blog post at a time, Policy Note offers a vision of a new, vibrant British Columbia where all citizens benefit from our province’s bounty. Contributors include staff and research associates from the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Policy Fix (Manitoba Office)

Policy Fix delivers progressive analysis and commentary relevant to the issues of importance to Manitobans, with a particular emphasis on poverty and labour. Contributors include staff and research associates from the Manitoba Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Please note that the views expressed on these blogs are those of the individual contributors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the CCPA.

Behind the Numbers
Policy Note
Policy Fix
  • Latest posts from behindthenumbers.ca

    A cure for deficit and tax phobia

    by Alex Himelfarb on February 26, 2021 The upcoming federal budget is likely to set the terms of the next federal election. The deficit hawks who had been quiet during much of the early pandemic spending are back in...

    Rethinking pink day

    by Amanda Gebhard on February 24, 2021 Throughout February and March, organizations across Canada participated in Pink Shirt Day, a nationwide “anti-bullying” movement. Pink t-shirts emblazoned with slogans like “Be a...

    U.S. farm groups and unions ask Biden to end CUSMA attack on Canada’s supply management system

    by Cathy Holtslander on February 15, 2021 On February 1, American farm, labour and civil society organizations formally asked the Biden-Harris administration to withdraw the attack on Canada’s dairy sector initiated by...

    Tripping over TRIPS

    by Katie Raso on February 11, 2021 The new year brought with it a spate of new COVID-19 lockdowns across much of the world alongside worries of new and more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus. For Canada...

    Rents keep going up, pandemic or not 

    by CCPA on February 9, 2021 News stories of rents for vacant apartments going down, coupled with anecdotes about landlords offering incentives to attract tenants, have fuelled the notion that renters have...
  • Latest posts from policynote.ca

    Why BC needs sectoral bargaining now

    by Iglika Ivanova on April 4, 2024 Too many BC workers lack meaningful access to the benefits of collective bargaining and the failure of our labour laws to keep up with the evolving nature of work is a key culprit...

    Time for a new public transit investment plan

    by Marc Lee on March 28, 2024 Imagine being able to get from almost anywhere in BC to anywhere else on public transit, as one might in Europe or Asia. Or visitors landing at Vancouver airport and being able to...

    A return to cuts would be disastrous for BC and its economy

    by Alex Hemingway on March 27, 2024 Under-investment in public services and infrastructure not only hurts BC families, it also hurts our economy.  With the BC government projecting deficits in the latest provincial...

    Budget fails to fund enough supports for newcomers to BC

    by Veronique Sioufi on March 26, 2024 New immigrants, temporary foreign workers and international students are bearing the brunt of the blame for the housing crisis and strain on public services where the provincial...

    Evaluating BC Budget 2024’s commitments to racial equity

    by Veronique Sioufi on March 21, 2024 Poverty reduction is a crucial element to advancing racial equity in BC, but the province’s new targets for reducing overall poverty are insufficiently ambitious and lack the...
  • Latest posts from the Manitoba Office blog:

    Small Steps Not Enough in Adult Education

    by policyfix on April 15, 2024 Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press Saturday April 13, 2024 It seemed for a moment as if adult basic education’s time had finally come. Premier Wab Kinew...

    The many consequences of austerity

    by policyfix on April 5, 2024 Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 5, 2024 By ORLY LINOVSKI In voting against the 2024-2027 municipal budget, Coun. Russ Wyatt stated that decades of low...

    Equal Pay Day in Manitoba

    by policyfix on April 4, 2024 April 4, 2024 is Equal Pay Day in ManitobaThe following is the press release and speaking notes from a new coalition acknowledging Equal Pay Day in Manitoba, featuring Jan...

    Manitoba Budget 2024

    by policyfix on April 3, 2024 April 2, 2024 For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One Territory): The Manitoba Budget released today makes progress on reversing previous cuts to healthcare...

    CED press conference March 27, 2024

    by policyfix on March 27, 2024 PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 8am CST  Community-led development key to sustainable and inclusive development in Budget 2024 Winnipeg, Treaty One...