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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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Flush with Spin: Wastewater versus Sewage
Perhaps some of you have noticed a rather curious change in the nomenclature advanced by the City of Regina and adopted by both the Leader-Post and Star-Phoenix in the…
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PotashCorp Reports Inadequate Royalties
PotashCorp reported today that it paid $81 million of “provincial mining and other taxes” on $975 million of potash sales in the second quarter of 2013. In…
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The City of Regina’s Terrible Example
At 1pm today, Regina city clerk Joni Swidnicki announced that the Regina Water Watch petition to force a referendum on the City’s plan to finance,…
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SaskNotes: The Government of Canadaʼs Legacy of Contamination in Northern Saskatchewan Watersheds
Download 936.91 KB10 pages Beaverlodge Lake, a 57 square kilometer water body, and three other watersheds in northern Saskatchewan are seriously contaminated with uranium and…
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The Great Wall Ties Chairman Calvert’s Five-Year Plan
The CCPA has released my policy brief (PDF) on Saskatchewan employment growth. It generated front-page coverage in today’s Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post business sections as well as this snazzy online infographic.…
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Premier Wall’s employment record lags Calvert and Blakeney
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Regina – A new policy brief from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Saskatchewan Office, The Great Wall Ties Chairman…
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SaskNotes: The Great Wall Ties Chairman Calvert’s Five-Year Plan
Employment Growth in the New Saskatchewan Download 390.61 KB5 pages Is the Wall government playing a shell game with provincial employment numbers? The government regularly…
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A Referendum on Referendums?
With the deadline for Regina’s wastewater privatization petition fast approaching and rumours of signatures gathered close to 19,000, the City of Regina is beginning to…
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On the Abuse of Language: “Modernizing” Labour Relations
The government of Saskatchewan is currently undertaking a controversial overhaul of the province’s labour legislation into the mammoth omnibus Bill 85. But those that might…
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Saskatchewan: A beachhead of labour law reform?
Sweeping changes to Saskatchewan’s labour relations and employment standards legislation are on the verge of being passed. Bill 85, the Saskatchewan Employment Act, will dramatically…
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What price would you pay for an education?
How much would you give up to get a university education? For most of us, four years of work, study, investment and anxiety are the…
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SaskNotes: PFRA Community Pastures
History and Drama of a Prairie Commons Download 2.76 MB8 pages Once the victim of hasty prairie settlement, the PFRA Community Pastures became grassland jewels…
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