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Making it easier for Ontarians to drink more isn’t a good idea
As 7-Eleven applies to serve beer and wine in 61 stores across Ontario, spare a thought for alcohol policy experts. Around the world, scholars have done extensive research into drinking and its effects. It’s important work: Alcohol, while often enjoyable, is not good for us. It’s addictive. It’s linked to…
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Now is the time for BC to double down on commitment to $10-a-day child care
A year into the pandemic, there is a near-universal realization across Canada that the recovery must include large-scale public investments to build a quality, affordable child care system. This would enable parents with young children, in particular mothers, to return to work or pursue educational opportunities to support children’s healthy…
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Canada’s child care sector struggling under weight of COVID-19
Preschool-age fees rise in 27 of 37 large Canadian cities while many sites face existential crisis READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Full-time licensed child care in most Canadian cities is struggling under the financial burden of COVID-19—registering a dramatic drop in enrolment while revenue-generating parent fees remain unaffordably high, according…
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A New Book that Challenges Racist ‘British Columbia’
In light of a surge in anti-racist uprisings, provincial legislators may want to take a moment to reflect upon what their predecessors did in taking “British Columbia” into Canada 150 years ago in 1871. When the legislature recently reconvened, we hope that MLAs paused and listened to the stories that…
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Affordable housing and its discontents
The public and media response to my new study on affordable housing exceeded expectations. I anticipated some really strong pushback against my proposals, because they’re pretty radical in today’s context where private sector development is taken for granted, and global capital flows into local real estate go largely unquestioned. By and…
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives announces new Executive Director
OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Bleyer as its new Executive Director. “We are excited to welcome Peter to the CCPA,” says CCPA President Larry Brown. “Peter brings leadership and energy to the Centre and has worked to advance progressive policy…
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Faith, Hope, and Spin
Canada’s preparedness for oil spill crisis sadly lacking For Canadians wondering about our preparedness for a major oil spill, an item in The Montreal Gazette (June 6) was not reassuring. It stated that Canada was sending “half of its stock of oil containment boom – some 3,000 meters (1.8 miles)…
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UNSPUN: Regulating Fringe Banking in Manitoba – a work in progress
By SEED Winnipeg Since 2007 the Manitoba government has undertaken a series of steps to regulate fringe banks. Arguably this is contributing to the common good, because of the growth of fringe financial services and the process of financialization. Financialization is reflected in the increasing size and importance of financial…
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Unpaid, unequal, and undervalued, says new report on women’s work and wages
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Women are unpaid, undervalued and unequal, says a new report published today by Oxfam Canada and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The recovery that followed the 2008 financial crisis has not benefited everyone equally. To respond to increasingly slow growth today,…
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The Challenges Facing Labour
Formidable challenges face Canada’s labour movement. Meeting these requires organized labour to reclaim its historic role as the progressive voice of all working people, and as an active participant in broader struggles for social justice. The ChallengeThe proportion of working people who are unionized has collapsed in the U.S.A. In…
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Beyond speed: Who is talking about access to e-government this election?
The problem of equitable access to high speed Internet in Canada entered the election campaign on Wednesday, August 26, when Stephen Harper promised that a re-elected Conservative government would spend an additional $200 million to promote high speed access in rural and remote communities. Although the promise is short on…
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Budget 2012: Deficit budget creates a surplus of spin
We went to the provincial legislature yesterday to review the budget and prepare our analysis. Our pre-budget predictions were accurate (see the April 16th Fast Facts titled It’s Budget Time Again: A glimmer of hope and a healthy dose of skepticism). We found a little bit of this and that;…
