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  • Public being misled by marketing of medical scans, new research reveals

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Authors of a new study warn that private clinics selling high-tech services to screen healthy people for disease could be harming Canadians and placing an undue burden on the public health system. The study, entitled What’s in a Scan? was published today by the Canadian…

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    Fast Facts: Reconciliation Lives Here

    State of the Inner City Report 2016 This year’s State of the Inner City Report tackles arguably the most important issue of our time: healing and reconciling Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples. A year and a half after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 94 Calls to Action were released,…

  • Half of BC workers lack access to “standard jobs” and 37% are in precarious employment, groundbreaking survey finds

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VANCOUVER – A study released today by the Understanding Precarity in BC partnership reveals a polarized labour market in which precarious work is far more pervasive than many assume and includes much more than “gig work.”    The pilot BC Precarity Survey is the…

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    For climate’s sake, Canada Pension Plan needs to take a serious look at its investments

    The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) manages the pensions of 20 million Canadians. In a recent Corporate Mapping Project report, we found that the CPP has increased the number of shares it owns in fossil fuel companies since Canada signed the Paris Agreement five years ago. The CPP’s total fossil fuel…

  • Open letter: Recommendations for Building an Early Learning and Child Care System in Nova Scotia

    Dear Honourable Derek Mombourquette, Nova Scotia’s Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, and Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development; We understand that negotiations are underway for a bilateral agreement between the Nova Scotia government and the federal government concerning the child care funding announced…

  • An ambition constrained budget

    Am I happy with the 2018 federal budget? Well, many of the items in it can be found in this year’s and past Alternative Federal Budgets (AFB), which of course is a good thing. But in general I’d say this is an ambition constrained budget. The government had the fiscal…

  • New Director for CCPA-MB appointed

    The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Manitoba is pleased to announce the appointment of Molly McCracken to the position of Director, CCPA-MB. Ms. McCracken brings more than 14 years’ experience in social-action research, policy development, and management with not-for-profit organizations and government. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy & Administration…

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    Understanding Precarity in BC

    Major partnership receives funding to study how British Columbians are impacted by precarity, develop solutions for post-COVID era

    (Vancouver) A six-year initiative to study the impacts of precarious work on the lives of British Columbians kicks off today, with the announcement of a $2.5 million Partnership Grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Understanding Precarity in BC (UP-BC) is jointly led by Kendra Strauss, Director of SFU’s…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Searching for the “good life” in a carbon-neutral BC

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–In the wake of a Premier’s meeting dominated by concerns about climate change policies, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a discussion paper today about ways British Columbia can reconcile economic and social needs with its ambitious emissions reduction targets. “The provincial government’s commitment…

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    Raising the minimum wage is good for public health

    Soon we expect the Fair Wages Commission to advise the BC government on a path towards a $15 minimum wage and a plan for regular increases. This will be very good news for our province. Increasing the minimum wage is an important step in reducing poverty and income inequalities that…

  • Thousands of users risk losing access to water as application deadline looms: government must act swiftly to avoid crisis

    VANCOUVER – Thousands of non-domestic groundwater users across BC risk losing their historic water rights if they fail to apply for licences before a fast-approaching deadline, warn two former senior provincial government employees. The warning comes as new research from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that since the…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Who’s missing in Canada’s strategy for a just transition away from fossil fuels?

    Report calls for greater inclusion of marginalized groups CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Marginalized workers and communities impacted by climate change policies are at risk of facing even greater inequality if Canada’s just transition strategy is not expanded to include groups that are historically disadvantaged by Canada’s labour…