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  • Fairer taxes on finance could generate $10 billion annually: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Canada’s financial sector has been the greatest beneficiary of recent corporate income tax cuts, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).  The study, by economist Toby Sanger, says Canada should join other countries in introducing fairer taxes…

  • Can the Partial Jobs Recovery Stay on Track?

    Tomorrow, Statistics Canada will release the labour force survey numbers for March. This may raise the low profile of the jobs issue in the election campaign. A single month’s release will signal if the job market is improving or deteriorating, though it is wise to bear in mind that the…

  • No End To Unemployment Crisis

    The recession won’t be over till people get back to work The next time someone says the “recession is over,” ask them exactly what they mean. Because it’s increasingly clear that it means different things to different people. And it’s equally clear it doesn’t usually mean that the unemployment crisis…

  • Fast Facts: Rickety altar of balanced budgets

    Manitoba’s Provincial Budget 2015 It is unfortunate that the sitting government has to waste valuable political capital maneuvering around obstructionist balanced budget legislation (BBL), but the media and opposition continue to place recent budget analyses in its distorting frame. Contrary to established economic theory and practice, BBL always equates balanced…

  • Climate Justice Project
    Good Economy Project

    Look to Europe for Next Phase of BC’s Carbon Tax

    When it comes to good urban planning, transportation and taking action on climate change, Europe has a lot to teach us. BC took important baby steps with its Climate Action Plan of 2008. Three years later, however, baby is still clinging to the coffee table. The centrepiece of BC’s plan…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Fast Facts: Lessons from Toronto

    Winnipeg’s Rooming House Challenge On April 16th, 2014, a fire broke out in a rooming house on Enfield Crescent in Winnipeg’s St. Boniface neighbourhood. The fire resulted in the death of an elderly man and injuries to several other residents of the building. This tragic event served as somber precursor…

  • December 2003: The Vanishing Country (Part II of III)

    Personal incomes rise much more slowly in free trade years The noted Canadian economist Pierre Fortin tells us that, “during the 1990s, Canada’s aggregate economic performance has been the worst since the great depression, and very nearly the worst among all industrial countries.” For those of you who might think…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Innovative Approaches to Low-Carbon Urban Systems

    A Case Study of Vancouver’s Neighbourhood Energy Utility Download 546.93 KB27 pages We know that we don’t want to invest in more fossil fuel infrastructure, so what’s the alternative green infrastructure we want? Marc Lee takes a cut at this question with a case study of the City of Vancouver’s…

  • Yes Mr. Harper It Is A Sociological Phenomenon

    This piece originally appeared on Blogging for Equality. Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights Issues Breakthrough Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls The Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights has provided a direct answer to Prime Minister Harper: Yes, the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls are a…

  • ‘Tis the Season to Rethink Our Charitable Giving

    It’s December, the season for charitable giving. Wherever you turn you see boxes and bins collecting non-perishable food items for the local food bank or toys for the less fortunate children in our communities. The cashier asks if you want to add a $2 donation to your purchase. You donate…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    The time is now for a legislated poverty reduction plan

    200 community organizations & leaders to BC political parties CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT On February 5, the CCPA’s BC Office joined with 200 other organizations from across the province as signatories to an open letter calling for a legislated poverty reduction plan. Together these groups launched a…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Canada and BC unprepared for climate-based migration: CCPA study

    Paper explores issues that must be addressed in anticipation of climate migrants READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – A paper released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives illuminates a gap in our thinking and our policies at the intersection of climate change and immigration. Preparing BC for…