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  • May 2004: The Commission for Environmental Cooperation

    NAFTA’s environmental watchdog might actually work–if given the chance Public participation, transparency, and protecting the environment are terms not usually associated with free trade agreements. Yet, when Canada, the United S.tates and Mexico signed NAFTA a decade ago, they also created an environmental watchdog called the Commission for Environmental Cooperation…

  • March 2008: The New Green Superpower

    European Union leading the way in eco-friendly economics The ancient Chinese believed that a cosmic force, the Will of Heaven, controlled the rise and fall of their imperial dynasties. As soon as an emperor failed to act in accord with the laws of nature, also called the Tao, the Mandate…

  • March 2008: Another U.S.-Made Disaster

    Pakistan election doesn’t curb U.S. and military dominance The February election in Pakistan makes no difference to United States and military dominance of the country. The Pakistan army has never allowed any elected politician to rule the state, even when they had won a majority of the vote. No party…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    La mondialisation, les accords commerciaux et les médicaments

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. Les concessions du gouvernement canadien face aux grandes sociétés pharmaceutiques multinationales, y compris le prolongement à vingt ans de leur monopole sur les nouveaux médicaments, ont eu pour effet de faire grimper en flèche le coût des ordonnances médicales, éventuellement de bloquer la création…

  • December 2007: An Interview With Afghan MP Malalai Joya

    Karzai government treats women as brutally as did the Taliban Malalai Joya, 29, is the youngest female member of Afghanistan’s parliament and has been elected twice from the western province of Farah. She is a popular women’s rights activist and an outspoken critic of the government of Hamid Karzai and…

  • Good Economy Project

    Putting fairness back into Canada’s tax system

    Earlier this year, Warren Buffett, one of the richest people on the planet, remarked that his secretary, who makes a lot less money than her boss, actually pays a higher rate of tax. Buffett went so far as to call on the US Congress to stop giving major tax breaks…

  • Strike ban means less warning of health care system failures – new CCPA study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government’s proposal to ban strikes in health care and community services would remove one of the key mechanisms workers have to warn of system failures, according to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.…

  • Growing Gap

    Canada’s rich not contributing fair share in taxes: study

    TORONTO – More than a decade’s worth of tax cuts have disproportionately lined the pockets of Canada’s most affluent families, says a new tax study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The study finds the top 1 percent of families in 2005 paid a lower total tax rate…

  • November 2007: Graduates Crushed By Student Debt Loads

    An 8-point plan to tackle Canada’s student loan crisis Since 1994-95, the impacts of soaring tuition fees on students who attend—or can’t afford to attend—universities and colleges in Canada have been well-publicized. So have the wide-ranging spinoff benefits to countries that provide more generous financial support to their institutions of…

  • The Commodity of Care

    Home Care Reform in Ontario Home care is one of the fastest growing areas in health care today. A matter of expediency for policymakers and of convenience for patients, it is also a lucrative new market. In 1996, Ontario introduced managed competition to home care. The Commodity of Care explores…

  • Tax cut experiment must be called off, CCPA tells BC’s Finance Committee

    Much of the economic boost of BC’s tax cuts going to Ontario CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) New analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, presented today to the BC Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, indicates proposed spending cuts will slow the provincial…

  • The Promise of Investment in Community-Led Renewal — State of the Inner City Report: 2005

    Part II: A View From the Neighbourhoods Download 4.27 MB 39 pages Attachments State of the Inner City 2005: Summary