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  • Federal government undermining workplace safety: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—On the eve of the National Day of Mourning for workers killed on the job, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is releasing two studies highlighting the need for improved health and safety enforcement and regulation. According to Success is No Accident,…

  • Canada backsliding on climate policy in face of rising climate threats: report

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—As Canadians from coast to coast to coast grapple with record-breaking wildfires, floods and other extreme weather events, a new report finds that many Canadian governments—at both the federal and provincial level—are moving in the wrong direction on climate policy. The study, co-published by the…

  • Pipe Dreams: The risky bets behind Ottawa’s TMX purchase

    The federal government’s decision, announced this morning, to purchase the existing Trans Mountain pipeline and the pipeline expansion project from Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion is politically risky, economically perilous and, as we’ve said many times before, impossible to justify on environmental grounds. It all looks even worse when you…

  • More Labour Code Amendments Invite Increased Confrontation

    A Backgrounder on BC’s Proposed Changes to the Labour Relations Code In less than one year the new Government in Victoria has enacted legislation that: made education an essential service; mandated secret ballot votes prior to union certification (giving employers an added opportunity to intimidate workers); stripped worker’s rights from…

  • Ontario election 2018: Turning votes into seats

    In Ontario’s first-past-the-post electoral system, it’s not just a matter of counting votes. Here are a few things to think about that may help determine who wins—and who loses—on June 7: Geography matters Governments change when the same people vote differently, or when different people vote the same—but in a…

  • Health Act Inquiry Into Threats Posed by Sour Gas A Step Closer?

    A local citizens initiative aimed at highlighting the health threats posed by sour gas wells in B.C.’s energy-rich Peace River region appears to be gaining momentum, but whether or not it will result in a public inquiry remains to be seen. Last week, the Alaska Highway News reported that during…

  • Crucial Power Analysis Missing from Courts and the Media in Shafia Murder Case

    On the surface, the Shafia murder case doesn’t look like a “political” issue at all. The horrifying killing of four innocent women by family members near Kingston nearly three years ago could easily be seen as simply the tragic drama of an individual family, not a matter for analysis and…

  • Academic Freedom Endangered in Ontario

    Drummond Report threatens universities’ academic excellence The Report of the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, headed by economist Don Drummond (the Drummond Report), was released on Feb. 15. It contained more than 600 recommendations, the stated aim of which was to enable the Ontario government to return…

  • Au point mort

    les familles manitobaines travaillent dur juste pour faire du sur place En mars 2007, le bureau national du CCPA publiait un rapport sur l’inégalité des revenus au Canada au cours des trente dernières années. Ce rapport intitulé The Rich and the Rest of Us : The Changing Face of Canada’s Growing…

  • Canada-EU trade deal undermines public interest regulation, workers: study

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Ottawa and Berlin—A new transatlantic study finds that the proposed Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), far from being a “progressive” deal, will elevate the rights of corporations above workers and the environment and undermine government regulatory flexibility. In this new edition of…

  • Youth Voices: Poverty and the alternatives uses of shopping carts

    Last summer, Gabrielle Giroday wrote an article for the Winnipeg Free Press called “Stores can’t stop carts vanishing: Shoppers wheeling thousands away.” This article raised concerns about shopping carts being removed from store property to be used for other purposes.  Giroday’s article inspired me to look more closely at the…

  • Fast Facts: Education review must focus on kids

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press on May 7, 2019 In January, Manitoba’s education minister Kelvin Goertzen announced the creation of a commission to review the provincial school system and propose a ‘“renewed vision for kindergarten to Grade 12 education,” to “ignite change” to existing systems, structures, and programs.…