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  • Temporary Foreign Workers and the Election: A Major Issue Getting Scant Debate

    An election should be a time to discuss key policy directions. One of the biggest policy transformations in the Harper era has been the enormous growth in Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) – “guest” workers who come to Canada for short periods, generally tied to specific employers, without future prospects for…

  • Fast Facts: The nexus of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba – A Brief History

    We’re proud that over 1,500 people subscribe to this free fast facts service. The best way to ensure progressive research continues to be published in Manitoba is by supporting the CCPA-MB. Help us continue to do community-based research and commentary on issues of social justice and environmental sustainability. To find…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Migrant Workers and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

    A regulatory impact analysis of the TPP’s temporary entry provisions Download 735.14 KB 32 pages This study investigates the TPP’s chapter on “temporary entry for business persons” to understand its potential consequences for Canadian immigration policy and the Canadian labour market. It examines the general provisions that apply to all…

  • UNSPUN: Supporting Refugee Resettlement Beyond the Syrian Rufugee Crisis

    The Syrian refugee crisis has attracted unprecedented political attention and, arguably, corresponding political will in Canada.  In November 2015, the Province of Manitoba publicly stated it could welcome 1,500 to 2,000 of the 25,000 Syrian refugees that the federal Liberal government promised to resettle in Canada over a short period…

  • What regime change means in Budget 2016

    The first Liberal budget in a decade is an artful document. In some ways it does signal a profound regime change; in other ways it’s designed to signal there’s not much to get fussed about. It appeals to progressives by introducing the most important poverty reduction measures in 40 years…

  • Fast Facts: Community, Research and Social Change

    The 10th Annual State of the Inner City Report The State of the Inner City Report is an annual research collaboration between the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba and community organizations based in the inner city of Winnipeg. This year marks its tenth year anniversary. Since the beginning, the…

  • CLC Analysis of the 2012 Federal Budget

    Budgets are all about choices. With unemployment and underemployment still at very high levels and a shrinking middle-class, the federal government could and should have laid the basis for a sustained and broadly shared economic recovery. The federal government should be taking a larger and stronger role in making the…

  • Ottawa, Canada; The Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa

    Federal wealth tax would raise over $30 billion in first year: economist

    VANCOUVER —A federal wealth tax could provide ongoing revenue for much-needed investments in public programs and help rein in extreme economic inequality, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office’s latest modelling for such a tax shows. Senior economist Alex Hemingway modelled revenues for a Canadian wealth tax applying to…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Research for Communities: Justice Starts Here

    A one-stop shop approach for achieving greater justice in Manitoba In the report Justice Starts Here: A one-stop shop approach for achieving greater justice in Manitoba, authors Allison Fenske and Beverly Froese from the Public Interest Law Centre spoke with community groups who provide programming, opportunities, and services to people…

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    Remembering Murray Dobbin—activist, intellectual, mentor, friend

    Neoliberal myth-buster. Far right exposer. Movement philosopher. Activist mentor. Murray Dobbin was all of these. On Sept. 8, our good friend and comrade Murray died at age 76. Murray was not ready to leave, but after two-and-a-half years the inexorable brutality of cancer led him to choose medical assistance in…

  • A New Book that Challenges Racist ‘British Columbia’

    In light of a surge in anti-racist uprisings, provincial legislators may want to take a moment to reflect upon what their predecessors did in taking “British Columbia” into Canada 150 years ago in 1871. When the legislature recently reconvened, we hope that MLAs paused and listened to the stories that…

  • To reduce gender inequality, introduce paid sick leave

    In the week of International Women’s Day let’s celebrate BC’s positive steps toward gender equality while bringing attention to the changes still needed.   When it comes to gender and (paid) work, one recent big achievement is the BC government’s introduction of job-protected paid leave for workers who experience sexual and…