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  • December 2007: The Rise of Media Literacy

    Creating an un-brainwashed generation is a noble calling During the B.C. teachers’ strike a few years ago—a strike over violations of their bargaining rights that later produced a Supreme Court ruling in their favour—the province’s media predictably denounced the teachers and flagrantly distorted their actions and motives. When a large…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    CETA investment reforms come up short

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  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    $6 wage doesn’t help youth, it discriminates against them

    The idea that people should be paid equally for work of equal value is not exactly new. It has been recognized internationally since the 1970s by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and United Nations, and more recently in pay equity legislation enacted in many Canadian provinces. Yet in 2001, the…

  • BC needs more than promises when it comes to accountability

    “I think legislators made a mistake.” Those are the words of BC’s recently retired Auditor General Wayne Strelioff in his final report. He was referring to the government’s decision to cut his office’s funding at the same time that his list of responsibilities was getting longer. These are strong words,…

  • Community tranformation from an economic costing perspective

    The link between area of residence and places of employment in a disadvantaged community Download 858.04 KB In this study, we investigated the correlation between area of residence and employment opportunities in a disadvantaged community: Lord Selkirk Park in Winnipeg. We concluded that state-led demand side strategies aimed at employment…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Major Complications

    The TPP and Canadian Health Care Download 667.69 KB 30 pages This study examines the effects of the TPP on the Canadian public health care system. It finds that the TPP investor protections would make it more difficult and costly for Canadian governments to establish new public health programs, including…

  • Beyond Banksters is an eye-opening exposé of a ravenous financial system

    A review of Beyond Banksters: Resisting the New Feudalism, by Joyce Nelson, Watershed Sentinel Books, 164 pages, $20.00Over the course of my 70-plus years as a journalist, I’ve reviewed hundreds of books, many of them informative and educational. But Joyce Nelson’s Beyond Banksters, which I’ve just finished reading, is not…

  • Report engages youth, elders and community leaders to tackle radicalized poverty in Winnipeg

    State of the Inner City 2012 READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. WINNIPEG, MB – Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba (CCPA-MB) is releasing the 2012 State of the Inner City Report: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges at Thunderbird House today at 12 p.m. The report speaks to concerns raised by community-based…

  • CCPA-BC submission to the Select Standing Committee on Health

    How can we create a cost-effective system of primary and community care built around interdisciplinary teams? Download 768.64 KB 27 pages The BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives welcomes the opportunity to share our views and recommendations in response to the question posed by the Select Standing…

  • CCPA forecasts large surpluses ahead, calls for increased transparency

    OTTAWA—In its presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives announced that Canadians can continue to expect large federal surpluses in the coming years. CCPA Senior Economist Ellen Russell is projecting budget surpluses of $11.4 billion in 2005/06, $12.5 billion in…

  • Buying social: Same price, twice the value for communities

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  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Federal budget-making process not meeting women’s needs—report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA — The federal government’s current budgetary process is leaving women behind. A new report by Isabella Bakker, released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA), concludes that if women are to…