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Fast Facts: Reforming Education in Manitoba
Previously published by CBC online November 21, 2021 Although Bill 64 has been abandoned, the provincial government will soon have another go at reforming K-12 education. What should they do? Poverty is the number one cause of poor educational outcomes for children. Far too many children in Manitoba are growing…
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Submission to Law Amendments on BILL NO. 262: Interim Residential Rental Increase Cap Act
Submitted April 3rd, 2023, by Catherine Leviten-Reid and Christine Saulnier Download 296.86 KB4 pages Before the emergency pandemic cap and temporary extensions, Nova Scotia had been without rent controls since they were eliminated in 1993 when the province faced vacancy rates as high as 12%.[i] Due to the abolishment of…
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Will income-splitting’s politics trump its lousy economics?
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Work Life: A tribute to John Loxley
Economist, Educator, Social Justice Advocate Dr. John Loxley will be honoured at the 8th Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues Brunch on November 3, 2019. Every year the committee chooses an honouree who exemplifies the spirit and beliefs of Errol Black – life-long social activist, labour supporter, economics professor and…
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Federal economic and monetary updates demonstrate there’s lots of room to expand public services for working Canadians
After many years of “serial disappointment” and concerns about secular stagnation, Canada’s economy is finally growing at a solid pace, as Finance Minister Morneau and the Bank of Canada Governor Poloz underlined in the recent Fall Economic Statement and Monetary Policy Report. This has led to higher revenues, lower deficits,…
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More twists and turns in the dubious economics of LNGs
This morning the newspapers bring news that the natural gas industry is seeking tax breaks for developing liquified natural gas (LNG) plants. Apparently the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is asking for increased capital cost allowances , which would cost the federal government as much as $2 billion over seven…
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Work Life: Living Wage for Manitoba Update 2020 – Summary
CCPA MB puts out regular updates of the living wage in Manitoba, ensuring it reflects changes in the cost of living. Because the living wage is tied to how much it costs to live in a particular community, we calculate that wage in Winnipeg, Brandon and Thompson. The CCPA MB…
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A Critical Assessment of Virtual Mental Health Care for Rural Nova Scotians
Download 1.17 MB8 pages The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on mental health and healthcare systems across Nova Scotia and the country. While demand for mental health services escalated in response to the pandemic, many in-person services were shut down (MacIvor 2021; government of Nova Scotia 2022b; Pulok et…
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BC’s Natural Gas Strategy is bad economics and bad for the climate
BC’s quest to substantially boost natural gas development seems like a real winner at first glance: heaps of new jobs in the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) industry, billions in government revenues, and exports that fight global climate change by displacing coal in China. Alas, this story is too good to…
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Economics, Equality and Democracy
CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan gets up close and personal in this pivotal lecture on income inequality and democracy. Watch the TVO video of the lecture, which was produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada. Armine Yalnizyan on Economics, Equality and Democracy
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Robin Hood Economics
Canada’s economic context at the time of Election 2011 is one of “precarious recovery”, and overall demand conditions are weakened by a few major factors. Unemployment is still just under 8%, which is good compared to the double-digit unemployment of the early 1990s, but not great compared to the expansions…
