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  • “Gotta Spend Money to Make Money”… or is it “Make Money to Save Money?”

    “Young people want to retire early and spend, too”. That’s the main finding of a survey commissioned by the Bank of Montreal, released last week in newspapers across the country. The coverage of the survey report is problematic on its own. For instance, although 1000 Canadians aged 18 and over were…

  • Crime, Punishment and Politics

    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. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 26 Percentage drop in Canada’s crime severity index (a measure of the seriousness of…

  • Food for Thought

    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. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 1948 The year the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,…

  • Your government cares about seniors (in up to five communities across the province)

    This is the message that the Minister of Healthy Living and Sport Mary Polak sent out yesterday with the announcement of a new partnership between the government and the United Way of the Lower Mainland. As part of this partnership, the government will spend $700,000 to fund what sounds like…

  • CCPA-NS Submission to Law Amendments Committee on Bill 102

    Download 184.67 KB 5 pages In this submission, CCPA’s Nova Scotia Office responds to the Law Amendments Committee on Bill 102: An Act to Prevent Unnecessary Labour Disruptions and Protect the Economy (Amending Chapter 475 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Trade Union Act). CCPA-NS supports the legislative measure to…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Few jobs, massive emissions from oil and gas: look to green investments for stronger economy, says report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Accelerated oil and gas extraction will boost profits but won’t drive major employment gains, says a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). Instead, embracing a “green industrial revolution” will allow Canada to meet its climate change commitments while…

  • Austerity’s Discontents

    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. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 75 million Number of youth, aged 15-24, who will be unemployed globally this year.…

  • BC government claims new power over personal information. Public comment sidelined.

    The BC government has a lot of personal information about you. Legislation passed last month means the government can do a lot more with it. The legislation passed without the public consultation demanded last year by the Information and Privacy Commissioner. In 2010 a legislative committee undertook a review of…

  • Labour Matters

    Federal documents reveal 29,600 job cuts by 2015

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The total number of federal core public service job losses over the next three years will be 29,600—far more than the 19,200 estimate that is now commonly cited, says a new analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The analysis, by…

  • An Antidote to Ignorance

    Eugene Forsey debunks some Canada’s Parliament now appears to have returned to its pathetic “business-as-usual” mode in the aftermath of the inexcusable prorogation last December. This gives citizens the dubious privilege of contemplating the events of the past few months, and trying to learn the necessary lessons to help us…

  • Government compliance with legal obligations far from good

    BC’s Freedom of Information Commissioner released his annual report last Friday. These reports are a pretty good indication of how open and transparent our government is. The Commissioner is unhappy and he says so in tough language: The stark fact is that the government’s overall record of compliance with its…

  • Dévoilement du sauvetage secret des banques du Canada

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA – Dans une étude dévoilée aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), les auteurs calculent l’ampleur auparavant secrète de l’aide extraordinaire dont les banques du Canada ont eu besoin au cours de la crise financière. Selon l’étude réalisée par David Macdonald, économiste principal…