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  • Nova Scotia Alternative Budget

    Next Nova Scotia government must prioritize transition to green economy

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—With the looming federal government deadline for provinces to institute their own carbon pricing scheme or have it imposed, the next Nova Scotia government will have a small window to move forward. Today, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia released a backgrounder…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Metro Vancouver families face increasing child care and housing costs

    (Vancouver) The wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is virtually unchanged in the past year, however, child care and housing costs are major challenges for many families, a report released today finds. The 2017 Metro Vancouver living wage is $20.62 per hour for…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Not the year of the forest community

    Premier Campbell announced in January that 2003 would be the “Year of the Forest.” BC’s forest companies, workers, and communities are hoping he’s serious, given how devastating the softwood lumber dispute has been. But forest communities and workers should be careful what they wish for–a closer analysis shows that “solutions”…

  • Why are we revisiting P3s in Nova Scotia?

    Perhaps the only thing that is clear from the newest attempt to enter into more P3 partnerships in this province is that public policy decisions are made despite the lack of evidence to support them. The evidence against this kind of privatization is overwhelmingly negative – the Canadian Centre for…

  • Did local community service centres (CLSCs) fail or did the Quebec Health Department forsake them?

    In an interview that aired on Radio-Canada, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette invoked the “failure” of the “initial concept of CLSCs” to justify significant activities and resources being transferred from local community service centres (CLSCs) to family medicine groups (FMGs). The Minister’s statement suggests that CLSCs are primarily responsible for this “failure,”…

  • Déséquilibre fiscal—la concurrence fiscale est la cause principale

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Selon une étude rendue publique aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), la concurrence interprovinciale au titre des réductions d’impôt serait le plus important facteur responsable du prétendu déséquilibre fiscal – et non les coupures fédérales dans les paiements…

  • A carbon tax comes to Alberta

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  • Growing Gap

    Cast your vote: think tank unveils platform to end income inequality

    OTTAWA – Seizing on the first federal election in recent history where income inequality is a hot button issue, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has launched a platform to reduce the gap. The user-friendly platform, available at GoodForCanada.ca, lays out a four-plank strategy to tackle income inequality, focusing…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    False promises for recent immigrants

    Study reveals low wage job cycle, workplace rights violations CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) In spite of high education levels, many recent immigrants to BC find themselves stuck in low wage jobs, with few meaningful protections in the workplace, according to a new study released by the…

  • The Right is Wrong and The Left is Right

    Cutting Through the Neoliberal Bafflegab Download 153.84 KB316 pages For the past 14 years, as editor of The CCPA Monitor, the monthly journal of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ed Finn has been analyzing, exposing, and debunking the doctrine of neoliberalism. This is the ideology used to justify the…

  • Symposium: Public solutions to improve access to health care

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT MONTREAL — Innovations in health care in Quebec and across Canada prove wait lists can be shortened, productivity increased, costs controlled and health improved within Canada’s public health system, a symposium on public solutions to improve access to health care will hear today.…

  • October 2001: The Western Heart of Darkness

    Mineral-rich Congo ravaged by genocide and Western plunder “I’m interested in land not [black people].” — Cecil Rhodes Rarely has Western savagery been more destructive than in the Congo. After 115 years of Belgian colonialism and U.S. neo-colonialism, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today is a war-ravaged, balkanized country…