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  • The Weight of the One Percent

    Environment hurt more by super-rich than population growth Last October, two things happened that captured media attention. One was the run-up to the birth of the United Nations-selected seven billionth person on Earth. While this was a rather absurd exercise, given the impressive inaccuracy of demographic projections, it does have…

  • An additional quarter billion dollars could go a long way in New Brunswick

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX/MONCTON–The authors of a new report estimate that the New Brunswick government could increase its annual revenue by more than $260 million per year if it chooses to make progressive changes to its income tax system. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS),…

  • Going Nowhere Fast: The Kenaston Boulevard Project and the Inadequacy of Roadway Expansion in Reducing Winnipeg’s Gridlock

    For many Winnipeggers, the news from Main Street last week was long overdue. On Wednesday, city council voted in favour of a preliminary design to finally widen Kenaston Boulevard to six lanes of traffic between Ness and Taylor avenues. As noted in the Winnipeg Free Press, the plan is to…

  • 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