Menu

Search results for: “site/ceta”

  • Corporate rights under serious scrutiny in Europe. Canada fast asleep.

    On Feb. 3rd, I made a presentation  in Vancouver to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade on the proposed Canada/E.U. trade deal (C.E.T.A.). I was there on behalf of CUPE B.C. The Committee, chaired by Alberta Conservative M.P. Rob Merrifield, was in B.C. to review both C.E.T.A.…

  • State of play – 3rd party advertising rules and the 2013 provincial election

    BC’s third party election advertising law has been highly controversial since its introduction in 2008. I wrote the following briefing note to help organizations understand if/how the law affects them. BC’s 3rd party election advertising law applies to many many kinds of public communication during a provincial election campaign —…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Ontario can overcome “regrettable” WTO ruling on Green Energy Act: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that the Ontario Green Energy Act’s local content requirements conflict with international trade rules is based on an overly restrictive interpretation, concludes a new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).  The…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Saving the Green Economy

    Ontario’s Green Energy Act and the WTO Download 416.21 KB28 pages This study examines the WTO ruling on Ontario’s Green Energy Act, its implications, and options moving forward. CCPA trade policy analyst Scott Sinclair finds that the recent World Trade Organization ruling—that the Ontario Green Energy Act’s local content requirements conflict…

  • Skyrocketing rent pushes modest apartments out of reach for lower-income Canadians in 97% of neighbourhoods

    New study maps the rental affordability crisis in Canada’s cities CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—In nearly every neighbourhood, in all parts of Canada, the hourly wage needed to afford an apartment rental is far above minimum wages and rising quickly, according to a new study released today…

  • "Photo:WKanadpon / Shutterstock” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_may2019_BCLabourCode-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_may2019_BCLabourCode-768×341.jpg 768w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_may2019_BCLabourCode.jpg 900w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” />

    BC Labour Code amendments: A foundation to strengthen worker rights?

    The first comprehensive review of BC’s Labour Code in over a quarter of a century has resulted in changes to the law to strengthen protections and collective bargaining rights for workers. In addition to requiring a review of the Code every five years, the changes will: Strengthen successorship rights for workers…

  • Memo to northeast BC: More fracking earthquakes ahead

    Of the many “unknowns” flagged in a recent science panel report, few are as disturbing as the finding that no one can say how destructive an earthquake may one day be triggered during brute-force oil and gas industry fracking operations. The panel’s report—commissioned by Michelle Mungall, BC’s Minister of Energy,…

  • Inside job: How BC Hydro customers wound up bankrolling private power companies

    The chickens have finally come home to roost on the previous BC government’s private power giveaway. The just-released provincial report by Ken Davidson on the costs of BC Hydro’s power purchases is a damning indictment of its electricity policies—policies whose exorbitant and wholly unnecessary costs will saddle BC ratepayers with…

  • The Middle East Revolution (VI)

    The U.S. ramps up its counterrevolution in the Middle East While withdrawing 39,000 troops from Iraq, the U.S. recently made clear that it was increasing its forces in the Persian Gulf. A New York Times article — U.S. Planning Troop Buildup in Gulf After Exit from Iraq – reported that…

  • "Photo:Government of Alberta / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_feb2019_FalseAdvertising_900x400-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_feb2019_FalseAdvertising_900x400-768×341.jpg 768w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_feb2019_FalseAdvertising_900x400.jpg 900w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” />

    False advertising by the Alberta government and oil lobby

    As an Alberta-born and -raised earth scientist who has made a career studying fossil fuels and energy issues, I am dismayed at the bombardment of ‘fake news’ in print, online and TV ads from the Alberta government on the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX). These ads are repeated hourly on…

  • International Trade Agreements and Corruption

    Negotiations concerning the Canada-European Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are well underway. Many major issues for Québec’s future are being discussed, notably the conditions under which European businesses will be allowed to tender for supplier, service, and construction contracts from the Québec state. According to a meeting held on…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Budget Fédéral Alternatif 2023

    Se mesurer au defi Download 3.59 MB 214 pages Le Canada se trouve à un carrefour. Nous sommes confrontés à de nombreux problèmes pressants qui exigent des actions immédiates, notamment : La COVID-19 et ses répercussions, l’inflation qui gruge des chèques de paie stagnants, nos réseaux de santé poussés à leurs…