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Working toward a socially and economically just Saskatchewan
The CCPA Saskatchewan office was established in 2002 to help the province address pressing social and economic issues affecting our province.
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Back to Blakeney: Keeping oil industry super-profits in Saskatchewan
The province has implemented excess profits taxes on the oil industry before. With no end in sight to the Iran war, it should do so…
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Regina’s AI data centre has a democracy deficit
As AI data centres are facing a growing legitimacy problem the deliberations over a mega-project in Saskatchewan leave much to be desired
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What happens to data centres when the AI bubble pops?
As multi-million dollar data centres proliferate, what happens if the A.I. bubble bursts?
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AI data centres: From boom to backlash
As the public becomes aware of the downside of AI data centres in their community, the need to tightly regulate the industry is becoming clear.
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Saskatchewan budget 2026: Failure to protect
The province needs to protect people from the rising cost of living and to plan for the future. The budget does neither in any substantive…
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Patients or profits first?
Saskatchewan’s Patient First health plan still leaves the door open to for-profit services
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Growing and Deepening Child Poverty in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan government’s long record of neglect has left it with some of the worst economic outcomes for children in the country.
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Will the feds’ climate climb down placate petro-province premiers?
Perhaps lost in yesterday’s federal budget news dominated by job cuts and military spending is the extent to which the federal government is also abandoning…
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Saskatchewan has the second-lowest minimum wage in Canada
This October 1, Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will increase by 35 cents—from $15 per hour to $15.35. This very modest increase will move us ahead of…
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Affordable childcare without access is a false promise for Saskatchewan
In 2023, the Saskatchewan government was quick to claim credit as one of the earliest provinces to introduce $10 per day childcare fees as part…
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With out-of-control rents, why is the Saskatchewan government allergic to rent controls?
The current affordability crisis in Saskatchewan is proving particularly acute for renters. Over the past five years, the cost of rent in purpose-built apartments in…
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Federal government cuts are a gift to Canada’s authoritarian populists.
For cuts this is deep, it would require across-the-board job losses and major service reductions. In other words, if it proceeded it would represent a…
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