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  • Canada breaks ranks on bankers’ bonuses

    Canada likes to think of itself as the country that emerged from the financial crisis squeaky clean. Too bad it is abdicating a leadership role in creating a safer financial system going forward. The issue is bonuses paid to top executives in the financial sector. It looks like the Europeans…

  • Un quart de milliard de dollars de plus donnerait un bon coup de pouce à l’économie du Nouveau-Brunswick

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT (Halifax / Moncton) Les auteurs d’un nouveau rapport estiment que la province du Nouveau-Brunswick pourrait voir ses revenus annuels augmenter de plus 260 millions de dollars par année si seulement elle choisissait de faire des changements progressifs à son impôt sur le revenu. Le…

  • Canadian women on their own are poorest of the poor

    Only 9% of all Canadians were considered poor in 2007. It was the lowest rate of low income in 30 years. But that was before the recession hit last fall. We don’t yet have income data for 2008, but, if past experience is anything to go by, poverty rates will…

  • “No Bang for the Buck” report finds that forty percent of military contracts are “non-competitive”

    (Ottawa) Federal spending on multi-billion dollar military contracts has been mired in complaints of improper conduct as the government embarks on its $17 billion build-up of aircraft, helicopters, warships and vehicles. A study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives called “No Bang for the Buck: Military contracting…

  • June 2007: Hearing on North American Security and Prosperity Partnership

    CCPA Executive Director addresses Commons committee The Commons Standing Committee on International Trade held hearings last month on Canada-U.S. relations, with a special focus on the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) being advanced by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and other business…

  • Growing Gap

    CEOs vs the 99%: No contest when it comes to pay

    TORONTO—The highest paid 100 CEOs on Canada’s TSX Index had reason to cheer the New Year: By noon January 3, they had already pocketed $44,366 – what it takes the average wage earner an entire year to make. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) annual look at CEO compensation…

  • Fast Facts: Selling City Golf Courses to Developers

    A Permanent Loss October 26, 2011 was the deadline for developers to make proposals for seven large pieces of prime real estate scattered across Winnipeg.  Unsurprisingly there were lots of proposals, although the City won’t let us see them yet. The potential sale of so much public space should be…

  • The time to act on poverty reduction in PEI is now

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Halifax/Charlottetown)—According to economist, Angella MacEwen, the co-author of a new report released today, “Prince Edward Island cannot afford to allow people to live in poverty any longer. While thousands of Islanders face the daily stress and consequences of not being able to make…

  • Costs and benefits of Commonwealth Games were not assessed: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX— Halifax’s Commonwealth Games bid did not properly assess the potential costs and benefits of hosting the games, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The study “Halifax Commonwealth Games Bid: Were the costs and benefits assessed”…

  • The Middle East Revolution (VI)

    The U.S. ramps up its counterrevolution in the Middle East While withdrawing 39,000 troops from Iraq, the U.S. recently made clear that it was increasing its forces in the Persian Gulf. A New York Times article — U.S. Planning Troop Buildup in Gulf After Exit from Iraq – reported that…

  • Climate Justice Project

    BC’s expansion of shale gas fracking puts our water and climate goals at risk

    Don’t believe the hype. British Columbia’s natural gas is far from the “clean,” “green,” “transitional” fuel that the energy industry and provincial government claim it is. In fact, the shale gas increasingly extracted from northeast BC by means of hydraulic fracturing – more commonly known as  “fracking” – is beginning…

  • Make poverty reduction the focus of economic stimulus plans

    A growing chorus of voices from across BC is calling on all political parties to commit to a provincial poverty reduction plan with legislated targets and timelines. Some wonder, however, whether such a plan is affordable, particularly in a recession. The answer is yes. In a recession, poverty risks getting…