Almost eight months since the terrible rail tragedy at Lac-Mégantic, most questions about its causes and responsibility remain unanswered.
Why did Transport Canada allow the company, MMA, to operate its trains with one-person crews — a major contributing factor to the accident?
Watch this space for response and analysis of the federal budget from CCPA staff and our Alternative Federal Budget partners. More information will be added as it is available.
Is there a skills mismatch between young Canadians and the labour market? Last night, CCPA Ontario Director Trish Hennessy joined The National’s The Bottom Line panel for its look at "Generation Screwed”—exploring jobs, schooling and the skills gap.
After nearly five years of negotiations, the details of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) remain shrouded in secrecy. In October, Prime Minister Harper, eager to deflect attention from the Senate scandal, went to Brussels to announce an “agreement-in-principle.” Since then, federal ministers have fanned out across the country to proclaim the alleged benefits of the deal. Yet, months later, the text is still a closely guarded secret.
Over 20 years ago, the book Stacking the Deck: The Streaming of Working Class Kids in Ontario Schools asked,“Will we waste another generation?” The book was written in the wake of a government commission that recommended the abolition of ability grouping and the deferral of streaming in schools until Grade 10; and subsequent destreaming initiatives met strong
Restacking the Deck: Streaming by class, race and Gender in Ontario schools includes contributions by editors George Martell and David Clandfield, and Bruce Curtis, Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Alison Gaymes San Vicente, D.W. Livingstone and Harry Smaller. The book speaks about the need for a destreamed schooling reform because many students are not being served well by the present streamed system.
2014 marks the 19th anniversary of the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB). Each year the Alternative Federal Budget shows what the federal government could do if it decided to seriously tackle Canadians' largest social, economic, and environmental concerns. 
The Alternative Federal Budget 2014: Striking a Better Balance shows what the federal government could do if it decided to seriously address Canadians’ largest social, economic, and environmental concerns. It delivers a plan that would lift 855,000 Canadians out of poverty, reduce income inequality, boost the economy, lower unemployment to 5.4%—and still balance the budget one year later than the federal government plan.
This release has three parts:
Striking a better balance
L’Alternative budgétaire pour le gouvernement fédéral (ABGF) montre ce que le gouvernement fédéral serait en mesure d’accomplir s’il se décidait à s’attaquer aux enjeux sociaux, économiques et environnements les plus importants pour la population canadienne. L'ABGF propose plutôt un plan qui sortirait 855 000 personnes de la pauvreté, réduirait les inégalités de revenus, stimulerait l’économie, abaisserait le taux de chômage à 5,4% et atteindrait malgré tout l’équilibre budgétaire avec une seule année de retard par rapport au plan du gouvernement fédéral.