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  • Fast Facts: The Tragedy of Phoenix Sinclair

    Media coverage of the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry has been quite thorough and often insightful. However, the bulk of the media coverage is missing the defining feature of the story. When that defining feature is mentioned, it is buried deep in the story, and the painfully obvious conclusions are not drawn.…

  • Recession sidelines policies to address women’s poverty: Study

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Canada still has shockingly high rates of women’s poverty but the recession seems to have sidelined anti-poverty policies, says a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). Women’s Poverty and the Recession reveals even after taking into account government transfers and tax…

  • Child Poverty and the Need for a Comprehensive BC Poverty Reduction Plan

    Presentation to the BC Legislature’s Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth Download 204.47 KB5 pages

  • Infographic: 5 lessons from Ontario’s first poverty reduction strategy

    It’s been seven years since the Ontario government announced its commitment to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent between 2008 and 2013. But the full five years of data show that we’re still waiting for a reason to celebrate: Ontario ended its five-year strategy with the same level of…

  • Fast Facts: Treating Poverty with Income

    A recent report by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) examines the health of tenants in Manitoba Housing. It finds that overall, tenants in Manitoba Housing have worse health outcomes than other Manitobans. However, when income is taken into account, the report finds that tenants in Manitoba housing have…

  • Fighting poverty

    Major attitude shift needed The working group on poverty reduction appointed by the provincial government last December released its draft report recently and immediately invoked the ire of activists by insisting on waiting for a year to actually take action to reduce poverty. In an article in the Herald on…

  • ‘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…

  • Nova Scotia makes poor showing on child poverty – report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX: Child poverty in Nova Scotia has increased for the fourth year running and now stands at 20.7 percent, according to a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card, published annually since 1999,…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Progressive tax code, smart investments will lift close to a million out of poverty and curb inequality: think tank

    OTTAWA—The 2018 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), delivers a roadmap to where the country could be on the eve of the next federal election, if the government moves forward with bold action to deliver a progressive economic plan that leaves no…

  • Nova Scotia Budget Doesn’t Meet Current Challenges

    Halifax, NS – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS is concerned that even more people will be left behind because of holes in our safety net that the Nova Scotia budget 2022-23 does not fix. As Christine Saulnier, Director of the CCPA-Nova Scotia says, “The government has the fiscal capacity…

  • Seniors Care

    Poverty and Inequality Among British Columbia’s Seniors

    Download 2.76 MB56 pages BC seniors are anything but a homogenous group. Large income and wealth inequalities exist among both seniors and working-age British Columbians—the defining problem we face isn’t about intergenerational inequality, but rather the growing gap between rich and poor across generations. This study uses Statistics Canada data…

  • Saskatchewan’s Anti-Poverty Plan, From Dependence to Independence: Does It Measure Up?

    Download 376.09 KB14 pages In the summer of 2012, the Saskatchewan government published its anti-poverty strategy, From Dependence to Independence, claiming that no previous administration in the province had approached the challenge of poverty “with a comparable commitment to holistic, cross-government solutions.” A new report from the Saskatchewan Office of the CCPA…