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  • Delaying Retirement: What does it mean for younger workers?

    Since the announcement that his government was considering raising the eligibility age for Old Age Security (OAS), Stephen Harper has backed off slightly, assuring the public that such reforms are years away. Nevertheless, media and experts of all kinds have fired into gear, speculating on the possible motivations for OAS reform,…

  • Cut the rhetoric, not health care

    It is an old rule of persuasion: people are rarely receptive right away; you have to work at making them so. If you want to change someone’s mind about something, you first have to shake them out of their complacency, sow uncertainty in their minds, get them worried, make them…

  • Fast Facts: Honouring the memory of Phoenix Sinclair

    Our collective responsibility “The social and economic conditions that render children vulnerable to abuse and neglect are well beyond the scope of the child welfare system” (Hon. Ted Hughes, Commissioner, The Legacy of Phoenix Sinclair: Achieving the Best for All Our Children) The long awaited Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry report is…

  • Predictions

    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 Gloom and Doom Many international bodies, including the…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Action plan shows more stable future for forest communities is possible

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER–A study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says there is no shortage of solutions available to the provincial government to secure the future of BC’s forestry-dependent communities. “BC is at a crossroads,” says Ben Parfitt, author of the study and a…

  • Income Inequality in Canada: How does Manitoba compare? Can we do better?

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  • Agitating for Change

    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 Early-1900s The women’s suffragette movement exercised quiet persistence,…

  • Canada Post or Canada Past?

    Canadians who value their deep history of universal postal service are reeling from the latest round of cuts to Canada Post: the end of door-to-door delivery service accompanied by a hike in postage stamp costs. In other words, higher prices for less service – and it’s all part of “an…

  • Income splitting: a poorly targeted non-commitment with negative labour market implications

    I was on the CBC Early Edition this morning, discussing Stephen Harper’s first election promise: income splitting for families with children. If you missed it, you can listen to the podcast here (I’m at about 1:08:00 onwards). Since five minutes is too short for any kind of informed discussion, and…

  • One Way the Richest 1% Can Help The Other 99%

    It’s often said that there aren’t enough rich people in Canada to make a real difference to fiscal policy and, in consequence, the rest of us. Yesterday Canadian Business’s annual special edition devoted to Canada’s richest 100 people hit the stands, where it will stay until Christmas. As a regular contributor I…

  • Growing Gap

    Toronto-Centre: Ground Zero for Canada’s Income Inequality Debate

    For the first time in Canadian history, an election is being waged on this question: Which political candidate do you trust to reduce income inequality? Welcome to the Toronto-Centre by-election, where voters go to the polls on November 25. Two Toronto-Centre political candidates are stealing the show in this by-election…

  • In the Red

    Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Indexis 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 1.57 Trillion Canadians’ household debt in the second quarter…