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  • Communities are Partners

    Background Report This is a background companion report featuring a literature review of: Communities are Partners: Workers Occupational Health and Safety Rights with Newcomers by Dorothy Wigmore documents the history and impact of the program and makes recommendations. For the past 20 years, newcomer and migrant workers in Manitoba have…

  • Barbarism Lite

    Political assault on social rights is worsening inequality Looking back to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago, we can now see that, at least in the North Atlantic world, the four decades that followed World War II were the Golden Age for ordinary people,…

  • Platform Crunch: The Bloc’s election commitments

    A dive into what the Bloc Québécois has promised ahead of the 44th Canadian election.

    A dive into what the Bloc Québécois has promised ahead of the 44th Canadian election.

  • Now is the time for BC to double down on commitment to $10-a-day child care

    A year into the pandemic, there is a near-universal realization across Canada that the recovery must include large-scale public investments to build a quality, affordable child care system. This would enable parents with young children, in particular mothers, to return to work or pursue educational opportunities to support children’s healthy…

  • BC needs a Human Rights Commission – now

    Human rights are everyone’s business. The social climate we live in affects us all. When people are subjected to prejudice and discrimination because they are aboriginal or because of their gender or because of their sexual orientation or for some other reason, it creates a society that is more ugly,…

  • Season of Giving

    Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. Scroll down for a PDF version.  For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 55 Percentage of Canadians who plan to pay…

  • From the colonial past to the racist present

    The terms of union and the attempted erasure of Indigenous Peoples After 30 years of treaty talks, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission action agenda, and the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, First Nations still face racism on a systemic basis. Can Indigenous People…

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    826 reasons Kinder Morgan got a green light for its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

    Despite sustained opposition to Kinder Morgan’s plan to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet gave it their blessing yesterday. Reaction from the many people, communities and nations opposed to the pipeline was swift. Twenty one municipalities and over 100 First Nations and Tribes have…

  • Powell River citizens talk forestry: democracy in action

    With a provincial election just around the corner and municipal elections to follow shortly thereafter for many BC communities, this is a good time for us as citizens to think about how we can be more engaged in the decisions and policies that affect our communities. When it comes to…

  • Fast Facts: Educators across Manitoba anticipate Manitoba Commission on K – 12 Education.

    The provincial government is continuing its education reform agenda in the middle of a global pandemic. The experience of Ontario’s education reforms is a cautionary tale on how public policy can exacerbate inequality in education. In every budget, since the PCs were elected in 2016, the Manitoba government has increased…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    BC’s Oil and Gas Commission: a captured regulator

    Industry demands trump public interest British Columbia’s Oil and Gas Commission bears many of the hallmarks of a captured regulator. Too often, the interests of the industry it regulates take precedence over the interests of the public it is also meant to serve. Consider these three glaring examples: In spring…

  • alt.policy (Episode 4)

    What’s wrong with the TPP? Canada has said it will sign on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a new twelve-country international economic pact. But the corporate-driven TPP is about much more than “free trade”, and concerns are mounting. We go in-depth with four experts: Scott Sinclair, director of the CCPA’s Trade…