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  • May 2008: The Truth About Canada

    Some truly appalling things we should know about our country The Truth about Canada: Some Important, Some Astonishing, and Some Truly Appalling Things All Canadians Should Know About our Our Country, by Mel Hurtig, Douglas Gibson Books at McLelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 360 pages, $34.99. * * * In…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Alternative Budget challenges Feds: Stop cutting taxes, start solving problems

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – The Stephen Harper government needs to give up its tax cut addiction and invest in solutions to pressing problems facing Canadians, says the 2008 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. AFB 2008 calls the minority government…

  • Minimum wage increase is good public policy

    The BC government has asked for input on whether or not to increase the minimum wage, and business groups have responded with a three-pronged attack. First, they declare, minimum wages are “job killers”. Second, they largely help kids from well-to-do families doing part time work. Third, we should consider tax…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    CCPA and SFU win prestigious research grant

    Project involving university and community researchers to study economic security in BC (Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (BC) and Simon Fraser University are launching a five-year project that will study changes to provincial public policies that impact the economic security of British Columbians. The project, which involves an…

  • March 2003: Lula Bows to Wall Street

    Brazil’s new “leftist” President moves right to keep U.S. happy Forty years after Brazil’s last leftist government was overthrown in a U.S.-backed military coup, the left appeared to have regained power there on January 1 when Luiz Inacio (“Lula”) da Silva, the candidate for the left-leaning Workers’ Party (PT), was…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Martin’s economic record marked by increased income inequality, no real wage gains for workers

    Report READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA–While Paul Martin points to a strong record of economic growth and rising employment during his tenure as Finance Minister, his overall economic record is flawed when viewed from the perspective of working families, according to a study released today by the Canadian Centre…

  • December 2003: Making a Living

    Canada’s social activists should mount a “living wage” movement The goal of many social reformers dedicated to improving conditions for the poor is to enable them “to be able to come into society without shame.” Policy measures therefore must do more than ensure that everyone has a minimum income. People…

  • Larger investment in Canada’s poorest needed: Report

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA–Social policy in Canada should go further to address the needs of Canada’s poorest, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, titled Snakes and Ladders: A Policy Brief on Poverty Dynamics. The report’s findings are based on a survey of…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    Policy Brief Re: Women’s Economic Equality Strategy

    Introduction The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is an independent, non-profit research institute dedicated to producing and promoting economic and social policy research of importance to Canadians and British Columbians. Our activities support the efforts of individuals and organizations working towards social, economic, and environmental justice. We appreciate this…

  • What a progressive federal budget would look like

    There is something profoundly sad and uninspiring about recent federal budget debates. For the better part of two decades now, we have been preoccupied with issues of deficits, debt, cutbacks and now tax cuts. But budgets should, in an ideal world, be a reflection of a society’s values and priorities.…