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  • Inequality

    Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. Scroll down for a PDF version.  For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index $6.6 million The average compensation of Canada’s best-paid…

  • Evidence is in: privately funded health care doesn’t reduce wait times

    Current public dialogue is full of questions about what kind of innovation or “revamping” the health system needs. In this context, as a physician, I am compelled to apply principles of evidence-based practice to the public vs. private debate: Will Brian Day’s plan to expand privately funded health care in…

  • Quand austérité rime avec hostilité

    Caroline Joly est une attachée de recherche à IRIS, un institut de recherche sans but lucratif, indépendant et progressiste à Montréal. [1] http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/montreal/archives/2015/02/20150227-182601.html [2] http://ici.radio-canada.ca/audio-video/media/2015/02/27/Anne-Marie-Dussault-recoit-Adil-Charkaoui?externalId=7250942&appCode=medianet

  • Photo of shopping cart in a grocery store as a part of rising cost of living article.

    The rising cost of living in BC: What’s going on and how should we respond?

    The cost of living is going up and is putting strains on household finances. BC’s headline inflation rate hit 6.7% in April, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).  Most of the policy response to rising inflation has emphasized the Bank of Canada raising interest rates to cool down the…

  • Cost of F-35 fleet could reach $126 billion, report finds

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – A report on the cost of F-35s has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. “The Plane That Ate the Canadian Military” was written by University of British Columbia political science professor Michael Byers.…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Fast Facts: Policy Alternatives in the Face of Rising Prices:

    Who will Bear the Burden? Media headlines and price tags alike are sending the message loud and clear: The cost of living is increasing, with inflation higher than we’ve seen in decades. The most recent data shows an annual increase of 6.1% in Manitoba, when compared to the price level…

  • BC should follow other provinces’ lead in setting minimum wage

    The average weekly wage in BC increased by only 1.3 per cent between June 2012 and June 2013, half of the 2.6 per cent jump in wages Canada-wide. This latest news, from an August Statistics Canada release, adds one more piece to the growing body of evidence that BC’s labour…

  • What happened to the National Housing Strategy?

    Launched in 2017, the National Housing Strategy (NHS) was billed as a major re-engagement by the federal government on affordable housing after more than two decades on the sidelines. Starting with a headline commitment of $40 billion when first announced and supplemented in subsequent budgets, the NHS is now ostensibly…

  • The financial portion of our economy

    A very interesting text by Christian Cauvin, published in a special issue of Alternatives économiques, contains a particularly revealing graph. It addresses the growing weight of the financial economy: Graph 1: Dividends and operating surpluses in France, indexed to 100 = 1993 level   

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    Tracking the gender gap in Canada’s big cities: How’s BC doing?

    A new report released today uncovers important gaps in the experiences of men and women across Canada. The CCPA’s annual study of the Best and Worst Places to be a Woman in Canada by Kate McInturff ranks the country’s largest cities according to the gaps between men’s and women’s access…

  • What Price, Austerity?

    Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index $11.8 billion Estimated federal government spending cuts by 2014-15, due to the last three…

  • Are average Canadians paying too much in taxes?

    On April 23, the Fraser Institute released the annual update of their misleading Consumer Tax Index report. The piece is meant to feed the anti-tax sentiment with numbers sprinkled liberally for their shock value instead of providing any meaningful analysis. Here are some of the main flaws with the report’s…