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  • Alternative Federal Budget

    This or That

    Budgets are about choices. What would you choose? Budgets are about choices, they reflect a government’s values and priorities. With a $250 billion federal budget, the Harper Government could choose to invest in programs like universal child care or pharmacare… or spend that money on corporate tax cuts, prisons, and…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Ground fighter jets, make jobs not war: think tank

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) urges Ottawa to address Canadians’ real financial worries rather than sideline them in the political bluster brewing over a federal budget and possible election. With the release of its annual Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), the CCPA…

  • No Excuse for Inequality

    Canada can easily afford to create a truly just society Five years ago, I went looking for statistical proof that poverty in Canada was inexcusable and that its eradication was something the country could easily afford.      The proof was found by comparing the rise of the Gross Domestic Product…

  • Climate Justice Project

    New report calls on federal government to table promised Just Transition Act

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT The federal government must move to implement ambitious and comprehensive legislation to support workers and communities in the shift toward a net-zero carbon economy, according to a new report, Roadmap to a Canadian Just Transition Act: A path to a clean and inclusive…

  • No Excuse for Inequality

    Canada can easily afford to create a truly just society Five years ago, I went looking for statistical proof that poverty in Canada was inexcusable and that its eradication was something the country could easily afford. The proof was found by comparing the rise of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)…

  • Admitting a post-Paris truth: BC’s LNG pipe dream is over

    Since the signing of the new climate treaty in Paris earlier this month, there’s been plenty of debate as to whether the new global agreement is a turning point or merely more hollow promises. The answer, as the CCPA’s Marc Lee has written, will be revealed in how governments and…

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    Making it easier for Ontarians to drink more isn’t a good idea

    As 7-Eleven applies to serve beer and wine in 61 stores across Ontario, spare a thought for alcohol policy experts. Around the world, scholars have done extensive research into drinking and its effects. It’s important work: Alcohol, while often enjoyable, is not good for us. It’s addictive. It’s linked to…

  • Now is the time for BC to double down on commitment to $10-a-day child care

    A year into the pandemic, there is a near-universal realization across Canada that the recovery must include large-scale public investments to build a quality, affordable child care system. This would enable parents with young children, in particular mothers, to return to work or pursue educational opportunities to support children’s healthy…

  • Canada’s child care sector struggling under weight of COVID-19

    Preschool-age fees rise in 27 of 37 large Canadian cities while many sites face existential crisis READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Full-time licensed child care in most Canadian cities is struggling under the financial burden of COVID-19—registering a dramatic drop in enrolment while revenue-generating parent fees remain unaffordably high, according…

  • A New Book that Challenges Racist ‘British Columbia’

    In light of a surge in anti-racist uprisings, provincial legislators may want to take a moment to reflect upon what their predecessors did in taking “British Columbia” into Canada 150 years ago in 1871. When the legislature recently reconvened, we hope that MLAs paused and listened to the stories that…

  • Faith, Hope, and Spin

    Canada’s preparedness for oil spill crisis sadly lacking For Canadians wondering about our preparedness for a major oil spill, an item in The Montreal Gazette (June 6) was not reassuring. It stated that Canada was sending “half of its stock of oil containment boom – some 3,000 meters (1.8 miles)…

  • Fast Facts: Health Care – A Timely Reminder

    Last month the Commonwealth Fund – a United States organization promoting evidence-based quality health care in that country – published a study comparing the U.S. healthcare system with that of several other industrialized countries, including Canada. Entitled “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall”, it ranked the U.S.A. system last on accessibility,…