Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• Daycares on verge of closing due to drop in enrolment, even as fees rise: report

  The reasons for the drops had to do with a combination of factors, including fewer staff and parental concerns about health and safety.

  Canada

  Mar 18
• Community-based approach to climate action launched in Manitoba Thursday

  Manitoba's Climate Action Team unveiled the comprehensive strategy -- Manitoba’s Road to Resilience: A Community Climate Action Pathway to a Fossil Fuel Free Future -- on Thursday.

  Environment

  Feb 18
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• Nova Scotia minimum wage increasing to $12.95 an hour in April

  A $12.95 per hour minimum wage means Nova Scotia will have the second-highest minimum wage in Atlantic Canada.

  Economy

  Jan 26
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• Report finds Alberta left millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 funds ‘on the table’

  A think-tank looked at COVID-19 support transfers and programs available from the federal government and how each province used them -- or didn't -- in a report released Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jan 26
• Provinces sitting on millions in COVID-19 funds for long-term care homes: CCPA

  Six provinces do not have sufficient coronavirus plans for long-term care, according to a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  Health

  Jan 26
• Over 41,000 children living in poverty in Nova Scotia, and numbers rising, says study

  Nova Scotia has a slightly higher rate of child poverty than it did in 1989 when the House of Commons voted to end it by the year 2000.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2020
• Report shows 70% drop in young and new farmers across Prairies

  A new report shows the ownership and control of Canada's Prairie farmland are becoming more concentrated, leading to a 70 per cent drop in young and new farmers within one generation.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2020
• Minimum wage unsustainable, Manitoba workers falling behind: report

  "This report clearly shows that workers earning minimum wage are just not earning enough to make ends meet, even with full-time hours," said Jesse Hajer, one of the study's authors in a news release.

  Economy

  Aug 27, 2020
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• Troubling report highlights neglect at assisted living facilities in B.C.

  According to the report's author, the assisted living sector in B.C. is under-regulated, under-researched and largely privatized.

  Health

  Jun 17, 2020
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• Rethink Nova Scotia social policies to reduce rising income inequality: study

  The study cites Statistics Canada figures indicating that between 1998 and 2018, the share of the province's total income going to the top 10 per cent of society has grown.

  Economy

  Mar 11, 2020