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  • Leaked numbers sound alarm on welfare time limits

    The clock is ticking on BC’s new welfare time limits, and as the reality of the looming social crisis sinks in, people are getting nervous. Most anxious of all are those who have spent a year or more on social assistance. Starting April 1st, most “employable” people without kids who’ve…

  • The ticking time bomb of BC’s welfare time limits

    Of all the changes the BC government has made to social assistance, the most radical is the introduction of welfare time limits. The rule kicked-in April 1, 2002, and limits “employable” people without children to only two years of social assistance during any five year period. Once they hit the…

  • Gov’t investment in postsecondary education more than pays for itself: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA— Public investment in postsecondary education is paid back to governments in full and helps to reduce the financial risks taken on by students, says a new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The study, by economist and…

  • Future of Canada’s submarine program is in doubt, report finds

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – A new report on the future of Canada’s submarine program has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.  “That Sinking Feeling: Canada’s Submarine Program Springs a Leak” was written by University of British Columbia…

  • July 2003: Viva Chavez

    U.S. fails (twice) to overthrow Venezuela’s elected president Even as the U.S. military invaded and occupied Iraq, mainly to plunder the world’s second largest oil deposits, Venezuela, the world’s fourth largest oil exporter, slipped out of Washington’s grip. On April 13, Hugo Chavez, the leftist president of Venezuela, celebrated his…

  • BC government warned that new welfare policies combined with slow economy spell upheaval, hardship in communities across the province

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – BC’s provincial government received a warning today from researchers who say its package of new welfare rules is radical and unprecedented, and will cause unacceptable hardship and upheaval in communities across BC. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and the Social Planning…

  • Growing Gap
    Making Women Count

    Gender gap leaves Canadian women “leaning in” for the next 228 years: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Without a change in public policy, Canada’s gender gap won’t go away anytime soon, says a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The study, by CCPA Research Associate Kate McInturff, looks at Canada’s progress in closing the gap between…

  • Are Canadian investors headed for a carbon cliff?

    An oped based on my and Brock Ellis’ recent report, Canada’s Carbon Liabilities, was published in iPolitics (alas, behind a pay wall): Canada’s economic development model is on a collision course with the urgent need for global climate action. Worldwide, extreme weather events from drought to floods to powerful storms and record-breaking temperatures…

  • Federal spending cuts disproportionately focused on services: analysis

    28,700 federal public service jobs to be cut by 2016 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Despite assurances by the federal government that spending cuts would target the “back office” and avoid cuts to services, a new analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds spending cuts have…

  • The Latin American Revolution (Part VIII)

    Nicaragua benefits from joining Latin American Revolution In July 2009, Nicaragua celebrated 30 years of the Sandinista Revolution led by the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). In July 1979, the revolution ended 70 years of brutal U.S.-imposed dictatorship. Since 2006, the Sandinistas have been back in power in Nicaragua,…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Fossil fuel divestment necessary in order to avoid “carbon bubble”: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Canada’s economy is experiencing a “carbon bubble” that could have significant consequences for Canada’s financial markets and pension funds, according to a new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Between two-thirds and four-fifths of known fossil fuel reserves have…

  • Austerity Through Infrastructure Cuts: Budget 2013

    One of the most amazing things about this budget is that one of its three focuses is actually the opposite of what it’s touting. You’ll likely hear that $14 billion will be spent on infrastructure over the next 10 years (actually, you may hear much bigger numbers, but they’re just…