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Tax cuts disproportionately benefitted the richest 1% of British Columbians, write @IglikaIvanova & @1alexhemingway: https://t.co/iZbcztdPem pic.twitter.com/BavNnT2WWp — The CCPA–BC (@CCPA_BC) February 16, 2017 As we wait to hear more about the tax cuts coming in BC Budget 2017, it is important to remember what has happened to our provincial tax…
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New Brunswick Government Policies Regressive and Unsustainable
In September 2010, New Brunswick voters elected a majority Conservative government, led by David Alward. Since being elected, this government has pursued the twin illusions of low taxes and public service cuts. These strategies have served only to undermine the province’s ability to invest in essential programs while promoting the…
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Lessons from Alberta
The Medicare Advantage Alberta Premier Ralph Klein likes to call his contribution to politics the “Alberta Advantage”. Unfortunately, if he gets his way with Alberta’s health care system, only the financially advantaged will partake in his version of the Alberta Advantage. The rest will be truly disadvantaged. The Alberta government’s…
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Rising Inequality, Declining Democracy
The “Occupy Canada” movement (with a little help from CCPA research) has raised public awareness of the unprecedented growth in income inequality and wealth concentration in Canada over the last 30 years. And recent reports from the OECD and the Conference Board confirming this trend have raised alarm bells amongst…
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Jobs vs. the Environment: Do We Have to Make a Choice?
Keynote Address Given at a Sunshine Coast Public Forum I am glad to be talking to you today about the jobs vs. the environment dilemma because a major focus of my job is trying to resolve this dichotomy. I work with an advisory group of people who are from the…
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Fast Facts: Responding to the Fentanyl crisis
Constructing better drug policy in Manitoba First published on CBC online Dec 3, 2016 Increasing tragic deaths from Fentanyl are raising calls to deal with this crisis. Evidence shows that controlling supply and criminalizing drug users does not address the root causes of addictions, which are complex and multi-faceted. Research…
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A Conversation on Climate Justice
In February and March, the Climate Justice Project hosted This Changes BC: A Conversation on Climate Justice. Over four Saturdays, a group of 34 citizens from Metro Vancouver gathered to talk about what climate solutions could look like in their lives and our province. Having worked on these issues for many…
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Canada’s Growing Gap
The Sleeper Issue of the Next Election? Could inequality be the sleeper issue of the next federal election? A new national poll conducted by Environics Research for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows a record-high 76% of Canadians believe the gap between rich and poor has widened over the…
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Fast Facts: Community looking for action plan from province on poverty
When Lieutenant Governor Janice Filmon delivers the throne speech on November 21, a plan for poverty reduction should top the government’s priority list. The Province has promised a plan by next year’s budget and Manitobans are waiting for details. Poverty comes in many forms, most of them hidden from public…
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Keep Up the Good Work! (Just don’t expect us to pay you for it.)
An Open Letter from the Top 1%. We know it’s been a while since we talked; it’s not that we haven’t wanted to, it’s just that things keep coming up. Plus we keep hearing how busy you are, working harder and longer, with less and less time for your families.…
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Growth Charges: All Winnipeggers have a stake
The issue of development fees has made headlines again as the consultant hired to take on another study of growth financing in Winnipeg, Hemson Consulting Ltd., completed its second and last engagement session on August 18. The primary purpose of the engagement was to educate stakeholders on the method for…
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March 2007: A Special CCPA Report on Work, Wealth, and the Economy
Lots of insecure jobs created in 2006, but more good jobs lost Pundits have acclaimed 2006 as a banner year for the Canadian labour market, highlighted by an unemployment rate finishing the year at 6.3%, the lowest official average annual unemployment rate in more than 30 years. Overall, the economy…