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  • Fast Facts: Reducing drug and mental health harms:

    State of the Inner City Report 2019 Since 2005, the State of the Inner City research project has collaborated with Winnipeg community-based organizations (CBOs) working in the inner city. The project researches issues that matter to CBOs and the communities they serve. It connects the personal struggles of the people…

  • Atlantica concept must be put on map for public discussion

    I suspect that few Atlantic Canadians would argue against the potential benefits of improving trade ties with our New England neighbours. So the controversy surrounding proposals for an “Atlantica” trade zone spanning Atlantic Canada and northern New England may come as a surprise. However, a study released last week by…

  • Grading Canada’s Economic Recovery: The big picture

    Over the past week, we’ve been evaluating Canada’s economic recovery. Today is the last post in this blog series. There is no dispute that Canada has had a ‘recovery’ – both Canada’s economy and unemployment have improved since the end of the low point of the recession – but the question is…

  • Grading Canada’s Economic Recovery: More employment in Canada is precarious

    “We will take decisive action to ensure our economy will create good jobs and sustain a higher quality of life for our children and grandchildren.” – 2012 Budget speech Beyond involuntary part-time employment, which we looked at yesterday, another measure of the quality of employment is the permanency of the position.“Good…

  • Grading Canada’s Economic Recovery: Underemployment in post-recession Canada

    “We will take decisive action to ensure our economy will create good jobs and sustain a higher quality of life for our children and grandchildren.”– 2012 Budget speech As we saw yesterday, the recovery of Canada’s job market since the recession has been mid-ranged compared to rest of the developed world; a…

  • Grading Canada’s Economic Recovery: Behind the spin on our economy

    It is now more than four years after the technical end of Canada’s recession and, according to the Government of Canada, the economy is doing great. But how accurate is that message? Is Canada’s economy the best in the world? Over the next several days, CCPA’s blog Behind the Numbers, will publish a…

  • Over-consumption is the new black

    At the end of the week, the United States will celebrate their national holiday, or rather that of the American Dream in its most mercantile, superficial —and bloody— incarnation. At the end of the week, it will be Black Friday, the day which unofficially kicks off the Holiday shopping season. Each…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Beyond Neoliberalism: Toward a Trade Agenda for People and the Planet

    The “Beyond Neoliberalism” workshop in Ottawa on October 30, 2019 was co-organized by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Trade Justice Network and Institute for Policy Studies, with support from Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung-New York. As a follow-up to the publication of the report Beyond NAFTA 2.0, the goal of the…

  • Fast Facts: East Beats West

    Nonprofit Childcare Superior to Commercial Sector Download 498.88 KB 2 pages

  • May 2007: Canada’s Lack of Affordable Housing

    Rent supplements help, but only if landlords cooperate There are many ways in which money for affordable housing can be put to use. Three key methods are: build non-profit housing; provide housing allowances or rent supplements; and provide tax credits for the developers of rental housing. All three methods have…

  • LNG: BC’s Quest for a New Staple Industry

    I have a post as part of a new series from the Progressive Economics Forum celebrating 50 years of Mel Watkins’ publication of “A Staple Theory of Economic Growth.” Watkins’ piece follows the insight of Harold Innis to develop an understanding of economic growth uniquely rooted in the Canadian experience.…

  • Debt Free BC?

    It is pretty clear that the election-inspired promise of a debt free BC is not to be taken seriously. There is no credible market analysis indicating that the royalties from B.C. LNG exports would be sufficient to do that in 15 years, as the Premier would have it. The potential…