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  • Services for at-risk youth in BC: moving from dysfunction to effective support

    Guest blogger Diana Guenther drew on extensive work experience in social services to develop her Masters of Urban Studies thesis on improving services for at-risk youth in BC. She shares some of her key recommendations here: Having worked with at risk youth for 15 years and in three different countries,…

  • Kid in class, image from behind. They are sitting at a desk with their hand raised. They have a yellow shirt and dark brown hair.

    Shapeshifting P3s in Manitoba

    Previously published in the Brandon Sun May 9, 2023 Five schools for the price of four – this is the deal the Pallister government got when it abandoned the plan to build schools through a Public-Private-Partnership (P3) model and used the usual public model instead. The government built five schools…

  • From the colonial past to the racist present

    The terms of union and the attempted erasure of Indigenous Peoples After 30 years of treaty talks, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission action agenda, and the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, First Nations still face racism on a systemic basis. Can Indigenous People…

  • Aerial photo of Smithers mill surrounded by piles of logs

    Promises of cleaner air up in smoke

    Calls for BC environment minister to suspend pellet mill permit Every year, the air in the Bulkley Valley community of Smithers becomes hazardous to human health as thousands of fires known as slash burns are deliberately set at logging sites. The contaminated air can stay trapped in the valley’s airshed…

  • Have we completely bought the idea that “There Is No Alternative”?

    Once again, over the last few weeks Canadians have had energy costs on our minds. Prices at the pump rocketed up to nearly $1.50, while the price of a barrel of oil was actually going down. What can we possibly do?  Industry officials blame unrest in the Middle East and…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    $130 million NAFTA payout sets troubling precedent

    Why should a provincial government be punished for doing the right thing? That’s a question the citizens of Newfoundland and Labrador – and all Canadians – should be asking themselves in the aftermath of last summer’s decision by the Harper government to pay AbitibiBowater $130 million to settle a NAFTA…

  • 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…

  • Labour Matters

    Work Life: Portage la Prairie P3 decision fails public interest test

    Pursuant to new provincial and federal effluent guidelines, the City of Portage la Prairie is required to upgrade its wastewater facilities, known as the Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF). The new Public-Private Partnership (P3) project has not undergone public scrutiny. Past examples point to P3s being more expensive than public…

  • Education Project

    From Demonized to Organized

    Building the New Union Movement “Nora Loreto refreshes the indispensable union movement for the younger generation of Canadians rendered defenseless by avaricious and cruel corporate globalization. Read it and take the reins of your future in new and forceful directions for worker justice.” —Ralph Nader  From the Introduction: This book…

  • Costing the recovery

    David Macdonald’s presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance on March 18, 2021 regarding Bill C-14 and COVID-19 spending.

    David Macdonald’s presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance on March 18, 2021 regarding Bill C-14 and COVID-19 spending.

  • Fast Facts: Community plays an important role in poverty reduction

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on December 4th, 2015. I teach in the Department of Urban and Inner City Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Our program is located on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg’s North End.  A large number of our students have grown up poor. Some have not…

  • Beyond Recovery

    Women – the real economic shock absorbers in Canada’s economy

    The COVID-19 pandemic is shaping up to be a significant setback for women’s economic security, and those facing intersecting systemic discrimination are suffering the largest and most profound losses and face the greatest difficulties emerging from the crisis.

    The COVID-19 pandemic is shaping up to be a significant setback for women’s economic security, and those facing intersecting systemic discrimination are suffering the largest and most profound losses and face the greatest difficulties emerging from the crisis.