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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Education Project

    For cash and future considerations

    Ontario universities and public-private partnerships READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA–Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), while promoted as an innovative approach to the provision of public goods and services, are playing a damaging role in Ontario’s universities, according to a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. For Cash and…

  • 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…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Electricity conservation efforts should include high prices for large consumers, protection for low-income households

    If BC is going to meet its climate action targets, the province needs to shift away from natural gas and rely instead on clean electricity. Coupled with aggressive conservation and energy efficiency investments, this transition could be the source of new green jobs, particularly in the residential housing sector. The…

  • Coming Down from Mount Olympus

    National pride, to endure, must have a strong foundation The tidal wave of patriotism unleashed by our country’s performance in the Olympics is subsiding, but in most Canadians the euphoria lingers. Memories of our athletes’ feats at Vancouver and Whistler will be a wellspring of national pride for some time.…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)
    Seniors Care

    A home support worker on an Uncertain Future for Seniors

    https://vimeo.com/4153703 Accesible, high-quality care for seniors : this issue touches everyone at some point in their lives — seniors receiving health services, people caring for aging relatives, anyone who worries about what their own life will be like when they grow old. Carla talks about the challenges of helping seniors…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Judy Graves on why welfare matters to everyone

    https://vimeo.com/3670669 Judy Graves is a housing advocate with the City of Vancouver in BC, Canada. Judy talks about why welfare (or social assistance) is so important — and not just to people who find themselves going through a rough time. This video is part of a slideshow about welfare (or…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Susan Henry talks about poverty in Vancouver, Canada

    https://vimeo.com/3670687 Susan is an advocate at First United Church in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside — the poorest neighbourhood in Canada. The church lets homeless people take shelter and sleep in the pews. There are more than 2600 homeless people in Vancouver, BC, and the province of BC has the highest poverty…