Did it measure up?
Submission to the government of Canada’s consultation on a possible Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement
In early 2023, the federal government held a public consultation on the possibility of creating a free trade agreement between Canada and Ecuador. The following text is a submission to that consultation by Stuart Trew, director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project. The submission focuses on the possibility for the trade deal to include an Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism.
Over 125 organizations and advocates demand BC enact pay equity legislation
Vancouver, unceded Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) homelands – A coalition of more than 125 leading BC organizations, academics, and advocates are calling on the BC government to urgently enact pay equity legislation.
Spending What it Takes
No Strings Attached
The provinces could end up spending federal health care money on tax cuts.
No Strings Attached: Canada’s health care deal lacks key conditions
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As emergency rooms are overwhelmed, surgery wait times continue to lengthen, and under-resourced childrens’ hospitals face surges related to viral infections like COVID, the provincial and territorial governments have accepted the federal government’s new health care funding deal.
But there’s more than meets the eye with this deal.
Poverty in the Midst of COVID-19
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In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shutdown of large sections of the Ontario economy. In a few short months, total economic activity in the province fell by 13%. By May, 1.1 million workers were out of a job. The unemployment rate, which had been 5.5% in February 2020, was 13.2% in May.
Spending What It Takes
Climate investments for long-term prosperity in Canada.
New report: Canada isn’t spending what it takes to succeed in the global shift to a clean economy; Budget 2023 must include ambitious climate investment plan
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 9 February 2023