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  • New study reveals the most and least affordable Canadian cities for child care

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals the most and least affordable cities for child care in Canada. The study examines, for the first time, median unsubsidized child care fees in Canada’s biggest 22 cities for…

  • Making Women Count

    Gender equality in Canada going nowhere fast: study

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Progress towards gender equality in Canada has stalled, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The study, a shadow report on Canada’s Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, provides a detailed view of Canada’s progress…

  • Labour Matters

    Work Life: “We asked for workers; we got people instead”

    The above quote, by one of Swiss author Max Frisch’s characters, succinctly captures the inherent conflict between employers and workers. Employers want results; they want productivity, machine-perfect timing and energy for the lowest wage possible. Workers want a living wage, benefits, a pleasant workplace, some say over the work process.…

  • Ten areas of regulatory failure that contributed, directly or indirectly, to the Lac-Mégantic disaster

    My report, Willful Blindness?, released today, summarizes the regulatory failures behind the Lac-Mégantic tragedy. The federal government has so far not acknowledged any culpability or responsi My report, Willful Blindness?, released today, summarizes the regulatory failures behind the Lac-Mégantic tragedy. The federal government has so far not acknowledged any culpability or…

  • New report chronicles regulatory failures behind Lac-Mégantic

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—In advance of tomorrow’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) final report into why a train loaded with crude oil crashed and killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Québec just over a year ago, a new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) report details eight key…

  • Piqued by Piketty

    It seems rather clear that the main theories in French economist Thomas Piketty’s best-seller Capital in the Twenty-First Century are irritating a number of people. Recommendations to increase taxes on wealth seem to be the most disconcerting to many. First, the British Financial Times did its utmost to point out calculation errors in a…

  • July 1st: Tenants Have No Reason To Celebrate

    Each year, Canada Day coincides with Moving Day in Quebec. For the luckiest in the lot, the celebrations include heat and sweat, heavy boxes, cumbersome household appliances, laughs with pals, beer and pizza. However, still too often, when leases expire families end up on the street, unable to find adequate and…

  • Temporary Foreign Worker Program changes – who do they help?

    The Conservative Government’s Minister of Employment and Social Development, Jason Kenney, announced on June 20th 2014 a raft of changes to the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The program has attracted controversy since at least 2006, most recently when the CBC reported that MacDonald’s outlets in Victoria were favoring temporary foreign workers…

  • Why You Should Care About Austerity

    Québec’s government has radically reduced its spending growth because it has decided that we need to tighten our belts collectively. Since spending growth in some areas of healthcare and education is inevitable in order to maintain certain services, drastic cuts must be made elsewhere. The government maintains that it will not impact…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    In service of business

    BC’s new plan for the environment When analyzing the full array of plans to cut, privatize, and deregulate environmental protection, there is one clear theme that emerges. In its bid to improve the province’s investment climate, the BC government has put the emphasis on facilitating access to BC’s natural resources,…

  • Poverty Reduction Act tabled by Opposition in the BC Leg

    The following news release was issued today by the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition: Opposition proposes BC Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act: Now is the time for bi-partisan collaboration in addressing the root causes of poverty (British Columbia) Today in the BC Legislature, the Official Opposition (MLA Michelle Mungall) introduced…

  • Growing Gap

    30 Reasons for Better Pay

    Watch the video below and click here to visit CCPA-Ontario’s Working For A Living website—a storytelling project to convey the value of a decent minimum wage and a living wage.  30 Reasons for Better Pay