Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan research institute.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice. The CCPA is one of Canada’s leading progressive voices in public policy debates.

A funding reprieve for women’s groups as the government pushes forward with its broader austerity program
05/26/2026

A funding reprieve for women’s groups as the government pushes forward with its broader austerity program

A funding reprieve for women’s groups as the government pushes forward with its broader austerity program

A mission statement describes what a system hopes to achieve. A budget reveals what it has decided it can afford. Read B...
05/25/2026

A mission statement describes what a system hopes to achieve. A budget reveals what it has decided it can afford. Read Budget as border by Sara Wilson from the latest edition of Our Schools / Our Selves.

The system begins to fails a student as soon as a budget determines how much or little care, space, and attention the system can afford

Workers have the right to strike under international law. We need to pay attention to what’s happening right now to work...
05/25/2026

Workers have the right to strike under international law. We need to pay attention to what’s happening right now to workers’ rights in Quebec, and across Canada. Read First they came for the unions by Félix Cauchy-Charest from the latest edition of Our Schools / Our Selves.

Over the past two years Quebec has seen a deliberate dismantling of the right to strike, the most powerful tool workers have ever held

The federal government is sacrificing vital scientific capacity for ideological reasons—and hamstringing their own polic...
05/25/2026

The federal government is sacrificing vital scientific capacity for ideological reasons—and hamstringing their own policymaking ability in the process

The federal government is sacrificing vital scientific capacity for ideological reasons—and hamstringing their own policymaking ability in the process

Dismantling regulatory capacity and privatizing state infrastructure leads to disaster
05/25/2026

Dismantling regulatory capacity and privatizing state infrastructure leads to disaster

Dismantling regulatory capacity and privatizing state infrastructure leads to disaster

Chronic underfunding, not financial mismanagement, is the problem in Ontario schools. Year after year they are asked to ...
05/14/2026

Chronic underfunding, not financial mismanagement, is the problem in Ontario schools. Year after year they are asked to do more with less.

Chronic underfunding, not financial mismanagement, is the problem in Ontario schools. Year after year they are asked to do more with less.

Residents living in close proximity to data centres report difficulties sleeping and other health problems. Read about ...
05/13/2026

Residents living in close proximity to data centres report difficulties sleeping and other health problems. Read about the potential downside of hyperscale data centres in Vancouver’s downtown:

Residents living in close proximity to data centres report difficulties sleeping and other health problems

The federal government's "rupture in the world order" has parallels with discussion about the future of nuclear weapons:
05/12/2026

The federal government's "rupture in the world order" has parallels with discussion about the future of nuclear weapons:

Mark Carney’s "rupture in the world order" has parallels with discussion about the future of nuclear weapons

New by Stuart Trewand Noah Fry :flag-ps: Brampton nearly adopted a motion to divest from Israeli apartheid—until they we...
05/12/2026

New by Stuart Trewand Noah Fry :flag-ps: Brampton nearly adopted a motion to divest from Israeli apartheid—until they were given false information about how Canada's trade agreements would prevent municipalities from doing so. Let's debunk those claims.

Debunking the myths about Canada’s trade-based procurement restrictions

A third of single mothers are poor, and the federal government is failing to act.
05/11/2026

A third of single mothers are poor, and the federal government is failing to act.

A third of single mothers are poor and the federal government is failing to act

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