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  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Moving Forward: Alternative Federal Budget puts the surplus to work

    OTTAWA—The federal government has the resources to maintain and build on the commitments made in the 2004-05 minority Parliament and use upcoming surpluses to move forward on a progressive agenda, says the 2006 Alternative Federal Budget. “Ottawa currently has sizable surpluses to deliver the programs and services Canadians want and…

  • This year’s tree-planting seedlings could end up a huge compost pile

    For British Columbia’s tree-planting industry, COVID-19’s arrival came at the worst of times. This year was to be the industry’s great leap forward, the biggest season on record with more than 300 million seedlings slated to be planted. But while the industry managed to get the provincial government to declare…

  • Five emerging trends in affordable housing and homelessness

    On January 24, I gave a presentation to students at the University of Calgary as part of the Certificate in Working with Homeless Populations program. The goal of this presentation was to discuss emerging trends in Canada’s affordable housing and homelessness sectors.  1. When it comes to affordable housing and homelessness, the…

  • Fast Facts: Changes in practices needed, if we’re serious about reconciliation

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 10, 2019 Offer money to leaders in a cash-poor community to gain support for a resource extraction project. Publicly shun and disenfranchise individuals who don’t agree. Deceive people into signing their support without full information. Divide the community. Commence destructive preparation of…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Communities are Partners

    Workers’ Occupational Health and Safety Rights with Newcomers Download 5.08 MB56 pages For the past 20 years, newcomer and migrant workers in Manitoba have learned about occupational health, safety and compensation rights thanks to the Cross Cultural Com­munity Development Program at the MFL Occupational Health Centre. Community Trainers, who have…

  • The Monitor, March/April 2017

    The Corporate Mapping Project Download 7.56 MB This issue of the Monitor features a number of articles and new research coming out of the Corporate Mapping Project, an exciting joint initiative of the University of Victoria, the CCPA’s B.C. and Saskatchewan offices, and the Parkland Institute in Alberta that is…

  • Le CELI, une aberration fiscale

    Dans ses documents, Statistique Canada qualifie le Compte d’épargne libre d’impôt (CELI) de « nouveau mécanisme d’épargne fiscalement avantageux »[1]. Le terme d’abri fiscal conviendrait mieux que cet euphémisme et aurait le mérite d’être plus clair et intelligible. Parce que c’est de cela qu’il s’agit. Les cotisations dans ce compte enregistré auprès…

  • Education Project

    Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2017

    Climate Justice in Education How is climate change and sustainability being taught, practiced and promoted in educational institutions across the country? To help answer that question, this issue of Our Schools/Our Selves profiles some of the work of the Sustainability Education Research Institute (SERI) at the University of Saskatchewan, and its flagship program, the Sustainability…

  • Photo: Garth Lenz

    Bailout for people and communities, not oil and gas industry

    Canada is in an economic tailspin due to the COVID-19 pandemic, echoing the worst months of the Great Depression. Yet while millions of Canadians need support to pay for basic necessities, a powerful group of oil company CEOs and lobbyists has insisted on a multi-billion dollar handout from the federal…

  • Un rapport faisant état de la discrimination et de l’injustice dans l’aide qu’offre le Canada à ses citoyens en difficulté à l’étranger

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT OTTAWA – L’Institut Rideau et le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) dévoilent un nouveau rapport, intitulé Les Canadiens à l’étranger : un agenda législatif et politique. L’auteur de ce rapport, M. Gar Pardy – ancien ambassadeur qui a longtemps été à la tête…

  • Why now is the time to reform BC’s oil and gas royalties

    The oil and gas royalty regime in British Columbia needs a major overhaul. The re-elected NDP promised during the election campaign to review oil and gas royalties and credits. In the context of a climate emergency the need for a managed wind-down is urgent. Despite “natural” gas being a finite…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Managed wind-down of BC’s fossil fuel industries good for climate, jobs and communities, new report

    VANCOUVER — If BC is to meet its emissions targets and not perpetuate the climate crisis, it must phase out its fossil fuel industries by mid-century, says a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Winding Down BC’s Fossil Fuel Industries: Planning for Climate Justice in a…