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  • Wage War on Poverty, Not on Teachers and Schools: Poverty and Education in Nova Scotia

    Today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. There is lots of work ahead of us before we achieve that goal. Poverty rates in Canada are growing and the income gap is widening as more and more of the working force are working for minimum wage, or less than…

  • December 2006: Power to the People (in Suits)

    New kind of business lobby ominous threat to democracy Last June, “the three amigos”—the name the press gave the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the U.S. because they were meeting in Mexico at the time—launched the North American Competitiveness Council (the NACC). The NACC, described in government press releases as…

  • Underneath the legal drama: The ethics of for-profit health care in BC

    One of the most important constitutional trials in Canadian history was set to begin on September 8, 2014 before the BC Supreme Court. Dr. Day, owner of the for-profit Cambie Surgical Centre says he is fighting for the freedom of patients who are victims of “medical enslavement”, while making generous…

  • Targeting generic instead of brand-name drugs not the best way to lower Ontario’s drug costs

    The Ontario government has recently announced major changes to the way that it will pay for generic drugs. The aim is to rein in rapidly increasing costs for the Ontario Drug Benefit Program. Generics help make public drug plans affordable, but, to get used, they need to be dispensed by…

  • Labour Matters

    Work Life: More than a Dream

    Many of us have, like John Lennon, imagined a world without war, greed, hunger or possessions. There are those rare individuals who insist that we should settle for nothing less, that humankind’s true heart is to live in communities guided by understanding, compassion and social justice. This year May Works…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    The US wants a NAFTA deal this month; Canada should say no

    Lighthizer, Guajardo and Freeland feeling the NAFTA love in April.For the past four weeks, NAFTA negotiators in Washington, D.C., have been working around the clock to reach an agreement in principle before the U.S. and Mexican electoral calendars sideline the Trump administration’s hopes for a speedy deal. Due to the…

  • Comments on the Fair Elections Act (Bill C-23)

    The CCPA was invited to appear before The House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to present on Bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act. Patti Tamara Lenard, an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and CCPA Research Associate, presented…

  • Farewell

    Editor of CCPA Monitor since its inception says good-bye This is the last page 4 column I’ll write as editor of the CCPA Monitor, so I suppose it’s fitting that it take the form of a farewell. I was asked to serve as editor of the Monitor when it was…

  • Farewell

    Editor of CCPA Monitor since its inception says good-bye This is the last page 4 column I’ll write as editor of the CCPA Monitor, so I suppose it’s fitting that it take the form of a farewell. I was asked to serve as editor of the Monitor when it was…

  • Provincial legislature grounds in Edmonton Alberta.

    Five things to know about the 2018 Alberta Budget

    Alberta’s 2018 budget was tabled on March 22, 2018. The official name of this year’s budget is Budget 2018: A Recovery Built to Last. Here are five things to know: This was largely a status quo budget. Total estimated provincial revenue for 2018-19 is $47.9 billion, compared with $46.9 billion in 2017-18.…

  • Fast Facts: It takes all day to be poor

    The State of the Inner City Report 2009 For the past five years, CCPA Manitoba has conducted inner-city research in collaboration with community-based organizations. The purpose of our research has been to chronicle the progress being made and to identify where problems continue to exist and how they might be…

  • Unions are still our best hope

    When it comes to workers and unions there is good and bad news. The good news is that polls show that Canadians’ approval of unions is increasing. Most Canadians think that unions make a positive contribution to society and overall prosperity. And many workers would join a union if given…