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  • A toxic spill and communications chill

    So here’s the little that we know about a pipeline break that occurred more than half a year ago and that British Columbia’s Oil and Gas Commission feels for whatever reasons the public is best kept in the dark about. The incident occurred on August 19 of last year when…

  • Fast Facts: No Jesuit School in Winnipeg’s North End

    The Catholic Church ran more than half of Canada’s residential schools. In these schools they immersed Indigenous children and youth in Catholic culture. The effect on these children and youth and their families has been so great that on the first page of its Final Report the Truth and Reconciliation…

  • Comparing two carbon bombs: LNG plants vs Enbridge pipeline

    With the spotlight on the federal government’s aggressive push to export tar sands bitumen via the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline to Kitimat, and from there by tanker on to China, the BC government reclaimed some attention on the energy file when it released its Natural Gas Strategy last week. With lots of…

  • Extended patent protection

    Who benefits? CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–The issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for pharmaceuticals has returned to the agenda partly as a result of the Romanow Report but also because drug companies are pushing for extended patent protection. In the wake of the current House of…

  • Protecting the environment and social justice: you can’t have one without the other

    A couple of weeks ago there was a conference in Vancouver on building a green economy.  It was a conference with a difference. Organized by the Columbia Institute, the conference focused on jobs and justice as well as the environment.  Roughly 15 unions and 10 environmental organizations came together to…

  • Labour Matters

    Federal spending cuts will cost more than 60,000 jobs: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Federal cutbacks announced in the 2010 and 2011 budgets will result in more than 60,000 job losses, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). Any additional cuts in the upcoming federal budget would result in even more…

  • Growing Gap

    CEOs vs the 99%: No contest when it comes to pay

    TORONTO—The highest paid 100 CEOs on Canada’s TSX Index had reason to cheer the New Year: By noon January 3, they had already pocketed $44,366 – what it takes the average wage earner an entire year to make. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) annual look at CEO compensation…

  • EI Coverage Falls Below 40%

    It may be a grim Christmas for thousands of unemployed Canadians. Today’s Employment Insurance figures show that fewer workers received benefits in October, even as more became unemployed and filed EI claims. Specifically, the number of people receiving regular benefits declined from 546,580 in September to 541,230 in October. The Labour Force…

  • The Middle East Revolution (VI)

    The U.S. ramps up its counterrevolution in the Middle East While withdrawing 39,000 troops from Iraq, the U.S. recently made clear that it was increasing its forces in the Persian Gulf. A New York Times article — U.S. Planning Troop Buildup in Gulf After Exit from Iraq – reported that…

  • On climate, Canada is a rogue state

    On Sunday, CTV leaked Canada’s intentions to pull out of the Kyoto treaty process on climate change. What is significant about Kyoto is that it is a legally binding international treaty, and one that puts the onus of emission reductions on the countries that have done the most to cause the problem…

  • Education Project

    An Agenda for Social Change: 2016 Calendar

    The CCPA is pleased to introduce our 2016 Calendar: An Agenda for Social Change. This is about more than keeping you organized – each month identifies and describes key dates in Canada’s social justice history. Each day readers have an opportunity to explore how debates about equality, gender, environment, First…

  • The Chretien legacy budget

    Promises unkept and challenges unmet Budgets are perhaps the single most important policy moment in the life of a government. Budgets are about choices. They are about when and where, by how much and for whose benefit–to raise or lower taxes, increase or decrease spending, incur or reduce debt. What…