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  • Child and Family Poverty Still on Rise in Nova Scotia

    HALIFAX— Child and family poverty in Nova Scotia has increased. The most recent data reveal that 37,650 children, more than 1 in 5, were living in poverty in 2013. According to the 2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia, 22.5% of Nova Scotian children were living…

  • Fast Facts: Throne speeches put poverty on the agenda

    There was encouraging news in Manitoba’s 2015 Speech from the Throne for people working to end poverty in Manitoba. In several areas, the Manitoba government announced a commitment to invest in the social determinants of health. Make Poverty History Manitoba’s top five priorities – housing, mental health, child care, minimum…

  • Cost of F-35 fleet could reach $126 billion, report finds

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – A report on the cost of F-35s has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. “The Plane That Ate the Canadian Military” was written by University of British Columbia political science professor Michael Byers.…

  • Shortchanging public sector workers is bad for BC

    Public sector workers are in the midst of difficult contract negotiations with the BC government. The workers are reportedly asking for wages to keep up with inflation, but the government hasn’t been willing to come to the table with an offer that reflects the rising cost of living. Public sector…

  • Our recommendations for the 2023 BC budget

    The BC government is holding its annual public consultation on Budget 2023 this June, inviting British Columbians to share their priorities for government investment next year.  On June 14, I presented CCPA-BC’s recommendations to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. Via the BC Legislative Assembly website, you…

  • Relief, cautious optimism and disappointments – lessons from the 2015 federal election

    By Seth Klein and Shannon Daub It’s only been a few days since Canadians turfed the Harper Conservatives from office. But it feels like a month’s worth of catharsis, in the form of profound relief that after almost ten years of policies harmful to the environment, public services, social cohesion…

  • Waste-to-energy incineration is both noxious and expensive

    At the “Waste-Based-Energy” industry conference in Toronto last November, the tony Yorkville hotel meeting room was filled with consultants, lawyers, company reps, and municipal bureaucrats, all talking trash: waste tonnage spread-sheets, the seeming evils of landfill sites, the supreme benefits of burning municipal solid waste (MSW) to make energy. There…

  • BC’s surplus of irony

    The Ministry of Finance’s second quarter update on the 2004/05 BC Budget deserves to be put in a museum as a wonderful example of the fine art of government spin. In case you have not seen the commercials on TV, the Ministry’s press release begins with four glowing paragraphs about…

  • Think tank mourns the loss of feminist activist Kate McInturff

    OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) mourns the devastating loss of feminist researcher and scholar, Kate McInturff. CCPA staff, board and partners remember Kate as a feminist trailblazer in public policy and gender-based research. “Funny. Fearless. Unapologetically feminist. Kate was a bright light in the world, and a tireless…

  • Love and spreadsheets

    One of the most important revelations of my life came to me not when I was diagnosed with cancer three years ago. (From this I have learned one thing: cancer sucks.) No, revelation came to me in a moment, two decades ago, when I had backed myself into a very…

  • Message to Britain: Don’t Follow Our Lead on Austerity

    In his column today in The Guardian, Will Hutton is the latest pundit to suggest Canada’s example from the mid 1990s is the right way to tackle austerity. Hutton’s aim is true.  He knows the current proposals for balancing the books will unleash “the needless squandering of [British] lives.”  In his…

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    Why I am excited to be appointed to the Emerging Economy Task Force

    This morning, the BC government launched its new Emerging Economy Task Force. The 14 experts who make up the task force—including myself—have been asked to provide analysis and advice on emerging trends that will shape BC’s economy and society over the coming decades. This is the first time I’ve had…