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The CCPA’s National Office was established in 1980. Located in Ottawa, it coordinates the CCPA’s national research agenda.
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Consulting firms’ latest hustle: Using AI to write government reports
The Government of Newfoundland paid private consulting firm Deloitte $1.6 million for a Health and Human resources plan that contains fabricated sources—reminiscent of the hallucinations…
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Creating safe and inclusive schools in Ontario
The education system in Canada is a multi-faceted institution consisting of public, private, religious and independent forms of schooling. Each province adheres to their own…
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COP30: Unilateral Climate Measures and a Multilateral Just Transition
As discord and uncertainty continue to characterize the global order, the renewal of multilateral cooperation on climate change proved an uphill battle at COP30 in…
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Prescription drug prices are very likely to increase in Canada
Canada has a drug price problem, and it risks getting a lot worse in the near future. Canadian prices for patented drugs are already the…
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Updating Canadian law to address online hate and gender-based violence
Social media and online platforms are fueling a surge in hate speech, hate crimes, and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV, in technical jargon) both in Canada…
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How James K. Galbraith understands North America’s place in the global economy
On November 26, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives hosted a lecture by celebrated economist James K. Galbraith. The event was broadcast live to CCPA…
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Is Carney’s climate credibility crumbling?
The following is a re-print of the October 2025 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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COP30: Canada continues to be a global laggard on climate action
The COP30 Global Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil marked the 10th anniversary of the landmark Paris Accord, where countries agreed to limit global warming to…
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Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries
Privatization is deadly. Canada needs to learn from other countries and focus on public health care instead.
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Talking ‘bout my generational investment: Why the federal budget fails to meet the moment
Budget 2025 featured talk of “generational investments” and proclaimed a headline number of $1 trillion in combined new public and private investment over five years.…
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Investment treaties, UNDRIP and the Building Canada Act
“Build big things” has become a mantra of the current federal government. Partly in an effort to lessen our economic vulnerability to U.S. shocks, Prime…
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Canadian climate policy a decade after the Paris Agreement: The good, the bad and the ugly
The Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 by 196 countries amid a wave of global urgency to confront the defining crisis of our time—climate change.…
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