Inside this issue:
Towards a BC Poverty Reduction Plan
Growing Call for the Living Wage: Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs
Getting By is Getting Harder for Those in “Casual” Jobs
Reinvestment in Forest Sector Needed
Is BC’s Carbon Tax Fair?
GHG Emission Reductions in BC
Taxes and tax cuts
(Ottawa)—On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights a new international report concludes that budgets profoundly impact the attainment of human rights, and the attainment of human rights impacts the quality of our lives.
This conclusion flows from dozens of case studies from around the world, available today with the Canadian launch of the 2008 edition of the annual international Social Watch report.
OTTAWA—On convient généralement à présent que le gouvernement fédéral encourra des déficits ces prochaines années, mais un rapport rendu public aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) révèle qu’il pourrait s’agir de déficits bien plus grands que ce qui est actuellement prévu.
OTTAWA — While it is now generally acknowledged that the federal government is headed for deficit in the coming years, a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says those deficits could be much larger than are currently anticipated.
Gordon Campbell’s recent 10-point economic plan will have no impact on BC’s most serious problem – persistent and extreme poverty.
BC has the highest poverty rates in the country (by any measure used). Thirteen percent of the population is living in poverty, and for five years running BC has had the distinction of having the highest child poverty rates (16%) in the nation. Poverty rates for certain groups, such as female-headed single-parent families, aboriginal people, recent immigrants, and people with disabilities, are dramatically higher.
OTTAWA—Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released The Harper Record, the most comprehensive analysis of the Conservative minority government’s record to date.
“Scheduled for broad release in early October, we are releasing the electronic version of this book today, to help Canadians make informed choices about the future of their country,” says CCPA Executive Director Bruce Campbell.
This book is one in a series of CCPA publications that have examined the records of Canadian federal governments during the duration of their tenure.