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  • CEO pay still near historic levels at 197 times more than the average worker

    New gender analysis suggests executive bonus pay has little to do with ‘merit’ READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs netted 197 times more than the average worker made in 2017, earning the average yearly wage ($50,759) before lunch on Jan. 2, according to a new report from the…

  • 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…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    BC seniors’ residential and home care: Less access, increased privatization, new report finds

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – Despite the BC government’s recent $500 million injection of funding into the home and community care system, much remains to be done to provide adequate care for seniors and improve health care wait times for all British Columbians, says a new report released…

  • Canadian CEO pay soars to a new all-time high due to inflation: report

    100 highest-paid CEOs now make 243 times more than average workers READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs broke every compensation record on the books in 2021, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Breakfast of Champions: CEO Pay in 2021,…

  • A prescription for health care reform: think integration & collaboration

    This morning the CCPA released a new report (co-authored by yours truly) that looks at the thorny issue of health care reform in BC and identifies some practical, evidence-based strategies that have been successful in improving quality of care and controlling costs in other jurisdictions. The paper comes out at…

  • The chasm between working for a living, and living to work, in the Maritimes

    That 55-cent increase to the minimum wage on April 1st undoubtedly felt like an April fools’ joke to some of the province’s lowest paid workers. Nova Scotia still has the lowest minimum wage in the country for inexperienced workers, and for experienced workers it has only just slightly surpassed its 1977…

  • Qu’est-ce que ça coûte pour élever une famille dans les provinces Maritimes ?

    Beaucoup plus qu’on penserait, comme démontre le nouveau rapport sur le salaire convenable CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. Halifax—Le montant dont une famille de quatre personnes a besoin quand les deux parents travaillent à temps plein- un salaire convenable–est 19 $ par l’heure à Halifax, 18,18 $ à Saint…

  • How much does it cost to raise a family in the Maritimes?

    More than you might think shows CCPA-NS in new report on living wages June 25, 2018 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Halifax, NS)—-Covering the costs to raise a family in the Maritimes requires two adults to be working full-time earning a living wage of $19 an hour in…

  • A new government? It’s not as easy as it looks

    If there is a new government in BC on May 15th, it will be confronted with issues that make the transition particularly challenging. The financial issues are a given.  Debt has gone up.  Possibly, given the economic recession we faced, it should have gone up even further.  The dramatic rise…

  • Potential profits big enough to justify a massive lawsuit: 6 things you should know about the Cambie trial

    The biggest constitutional trial “perhaps ever” in Canada is now in court. The future of our publicly funded health care system is at stake. Putting Canadian Medicare on trial is complex, and vulnerable to the blatantly false and simplistic messaging that increasing “private care” will take the pressure off public…

  • Refocusing the Abortion Debate

    Despite legalization, women face more barriers to abortion For the past year, Canadian national news outlets have led a distracting narrative about the status of abortion in Canada. They have focused almost solely on covering two motions in the House of Commons — motions with the potential to reopen the…

  • Why Wait?

    Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists Download 746.55 KB40 pages Attachments SUMMARY: Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists