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  • No End To Unemployment Crisis

    The recession won’t be over till people get back to work The next time someone says the “recession is over,” ask them exactly what they mean. Because it’s increasingly clear that it means different things to different people. And it’s equally clear it doesn’t usually mean that the unemployment crisis…

  • Ten things to know about the newly signed federal-provincial-territorial housing framework agreement

    A federal-provincial-territorial (FPT) framework agreement on housing was signed on April 10 in Toronto. It supports the Trudeau government’s National Housing Strategy, which was released last fall.Here are 10 things to know about the just-signed agreement: Though a National Housing Strategy (NHS) was released last fall, a federal-provincial-territorial (FPT) framework agreement still…

  • Provincial legislature grounds in Edmonton Alberta.

    Five things to know about the 2018 Alberta Budget

    Alberta’s 2018 budget was tabled on March 22, 2018. The official name of this year’s budget is Budget 2018: A Recovery Built to Last. Here are five things to know: This was largely a status quo budget. Total estimated provincial revenue for 2018-19 is $47.9 billion, compared with $46.9 billion in 2017-18.…

  • Bitumen development poses critical challenges for Canada: study

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A failure to carefully regulate the Canadian bitumen industry is putting Canada on a dangerous economic and environmental trajectory, says a new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and the Polaris Institute. The Bitumen Cliff: Lessons and Challenges of Bitumen…

  • The Bitumen Cliff

    Lessons and Challenges of Bitumen Mega-Developments for Canada’s Economy in an Age of Climate Change Download 2.51 MB102 pages The failure to carefully regulate the bitumen industry is putting Canada on a dangerous economic and environmental trajectory. This study shows that the current bitumen path is creating the double threat:…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Subsidized Housing With Supports Needs More Support

    Lessons from WestEnd Commons Stable and affordable housing is a central component in improving people’s quality of life. In light of a severe housing shortage facing low-income renters, it is clear that Manitoba has work to do to ensure that all citizens have access to a warm and secure place…

  • BC government should heed its own report on childcare

    Do you remember the 2008 Throne Speech in which the provincial government launched a feasibility study on providing full day kindergarten for 5 year-olds and extending full day preschool options to younger children as well? Here’s a refresher: A new Early Childhood Learning Agency will be established. It will assess…

  • The Case Against STV

    More from our BC Commentary special on STV: The Case Against STV By David Schreck Will STV “make your vote count”? Actually, BC-STV can make your vote worth less and make your MLA less accountable. Our existing first-past-the-post (FPTP) system is not perfect, but it is better than BC-STV. Inequality…

  • Les Priorités dans le ‘budget alternatif’

    Éliminer les frais de scolarité au collégial, offrir une couverture universelle pour les soins à la petite enfance, réduire la pauvreté, pendant que l’on favorise un tournant vert pour l’économie: Les possibilités pour la Nouvelle Ecosse CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. ‘Halifax, NS­ – Le Centre Canadien de Politiques…

  • Barbarism Lite

    Political assault on social rights is worsening inequality Looking back to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago, we can now see that, at least in the North Atlantic world, the four decades that followed World War II were the Golden Age for ordinary people,…

  • October 2005: Supreme Court Jeopardizes Women’s Right to Health

    Jurists’ private insurance ruling especially negative for women On June 9, 2005, a bare majority of justices of the Supreme Court (four of seven) overturned decisions of two lower provincial courts by ruling that there was a constitutional right for Quebecers to buy private insurance to obtain services already available…

  • Homelessness-Moving toward real solutions

    This week, as we think about homelessness in our communities, let us commit ourselves to solutions.  Real solutions.  Beyond the spontaneous generosity of bus drivers or the fundraising of CEOs who will be sleeping out downtown.  While these actions bring attention to homelessness, they do not address systemic issues that…