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  • It Pays To Pay A Living Wage

    Canadian communities are embracing “living wage” campaigns Work should lift us out of poverty. It’s a simple aspiration, an equation many of us believe in, but one that eludes far too many Canadians. At last count, 1.8 million people working in this country were not earning enough to pull themselves…

  • Study calculates living wage for Halifax and Antigonish

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX/ANTIGONISH, NS—Two working parents with two children need to each earn a minimum of $19.17 an hour to make ends meet in Halifax, and $17.30 an hour in Antigonish, says a new study released today by the the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives–Nova…

  • The “Big Business Bang” Theory

    Social, economic, environmental ills all have the same cause  [An earlier version of the following essay was written seven years ago, but this updated version is just as topical and even more relevant.] After nearly 19 years of editing and writing articles for The CCPA Monitor, I’ve come to divide…

  • More thoughts on BC’s new minimum wage

    As some of you may have seen, Adrienne Montani (of First Call) and I had a piece in the Vancouver Sun earlier this week: a “memo” to the new Premier on what a “Families First” agenda should look like . (If you didn’t see it, you can find it here.)…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Does the 2007 Federal Budget Address Inequality and Poverty?

    Alternative Federal Budget response to the Federal Budget Download 106.66 KB6 pages

  • Good Economy Project

    CCPA Submission to BC Budget Consultations 2015

    Download 1.23 MB 13 pages 2015 marks the sixth year of BC’s recovery from the recession. But it’s been a slow and largely jobless recovery. The provincial government’s economic strategy hinges on natural gas/LNG developments that are unlikely to materialize—and that, if they did, would be terrible for the environment.…

  • Work Life: A living wage lifts workers and the economy

    As first published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct 2, 2014. As of October 1st, minimum wage earners in Manitoba will earn $10.70 per hour – just over $20,800 annually. This leaves a family of four, with both parents working, with an income that is more than $1,500 below the…

  • SaskNotes: Report Card on Child Poverty in Saskatchewan

    Download 229.08 KB4 pages

  • The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2006

    (1989–2004) Download 358.05 KB 29 pages

  • Taking Action on Poverty

    CCPA Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services Download 281.48 KB

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Fast Facts: World Urban Forum 7 – Policy Lessons from Colombia

    For one week in early April, Sara Swartz (Universitas Programme of the KIP International School), Shauna MacKinnon (Manitoba Research Alliance [MRA] and University of Winnipeg [UW]) and Lynne Fernandez (MRA and CCPA MB) visited Medellin, Colombia to take part in the seventh World Urban Forum (WUF7). Last Spring, KIP, UW,…

  • According to new CCPA-NS publication Nova Scotia’s low minimum wage contributes to poverty

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX–According to a publication released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS), the Nova Scotia real minimum wage has decreased by more than $2 over the past 25 years. The study, Undermining Wages in Nova Scotia: The Minimum Wage from…