Aug 11, 2016
The TPP and Canada's public postal service
A new study from the CCPA shows that the TPP puts Canada Post at risk of trade litigation regarding courier services and future reforms or service expansion of the Crown corporation.
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice. Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada’s leading progressive voices in public policy debates.
Jul 29, 2016
The trouble with the TPP's copyright rules
A new CCPA study shows howTrans-Pacific Partnership's intellectual property provisions would dramatically alter the balance between the interests of copyright owners and users.
Jul 8, 2016
The TPP's impact on the Canadian automotive industry
The devil is in the details. The TPP threatens the Canadian automotive industry with relocation of assembly plants to the United States.
Jul 5, 2016
Working poverty in Metro Vancouver
We are often told that the solution to poverty is for the poor to “get a job” or for various sectors to create more jobs. But this CCPA study finds that a job is not a guaranteed path out of poverty.
Jun 23, 2016
An over-the-top exemption: it's time to fairly tax and regulate the new internet media services
Netflix and YouTube, with no physical presence in Canada, enjoy an artificial advantage over Canadian competitors because they do not collect and remit sales taxes and often do not pay income tax.
Jun 14, 2016
Deciding the future of the public private partnership schools in Nova Scotia
A new study from the CCPA deems the P3 schools program in Nova Scotia to be a failure of cost, risk management and evidence-based decision-making.
Jun 3, 2016
Can Canada expand oil and gas production, build pipelines and keep its climate change commitments?
This new study shows that Canada cannot meet its global climate commitments while at the same time ramping up oil and gas extraction and building new export pipelines.
May 31, 2016
The impact of TPP tariff removal on Canadian trade
The CCPA finds that the TPP will be a real pain for improving our trade imbalance, employment, the manufacturing and high-tech sectors, and will keep the Canadian economy resource-based.
May 26, 2016
The 2016-2017 Newfoundland and Labrador budget's impacts on women
A new study released by the CCPA finds the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal government's austerity measures will cut wages and services to women the most.
May 19, 2016
Shameful neglect: Indigenous child poverty in Canada
A new report from the CCPA finds that 51% of Indigenous children live in poverty and astonishingly that rises to as high as 60% for children on reserves. Where is the state of emergency?
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