CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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The CCPA is Canada's leading progressive policy research institute. We offer independent, non-partisan research on social, economic & climate justice.
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The AFB is a plain language, action oriented budget geared to build community for each of us. Would that the current federal budget be as good as the Alternative Federal Budget!! @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli #Budget2025 rabble.ca/columnists/c...
Carney’s budget pales in comparison to the Alternative Federal Budget
The Alternative Federal Budget offers a more hopeful and sustainable alternative to what Mark Carney's Liberals offered earlier this month.
rabble.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The AFB is a plain language, action oriented budget geared to build community for each of us. Would that the current federal budget be as good as the Alternative Federal Budget!! @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli #Budget2025 rabble.ca/columnists/c...
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Here's the Carney-Smith pipeline MOU: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/back...
Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding
PREFACE At this pivotal global moment, Canada and Alberta, working closely with Indigenous Peoples and industry, must work together cooperatively, and within their respective jurisdictions, to foster ...
www.pm.gc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Here's the Carney-Smith pipeline MOU: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/back...
"The way that the federal government ... talks about AI is very ideological … We need to adopt it for its own sake, independent of what that actually means … We’re rushing without having a clear sense of where we’re going.” @hadrianmk.bsky.social #cdnpoli rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
The AI hype-machine: Canada’s ill-advised ‘national sprint’ on artificial intelligence
Cynthia Khoo, Jeff Doctor and Hadrian Mertons-Kirkwood discuss the dangers of Canada’s accelerated approach to artificial intelligence.
rabble.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"The way that the federal government ... talks about AI is very ideological … We need to adopt it for its own sake, independent of what that actually means … We’re rushing without having a clear sense of where we’re going.” @hadrianmk.bsky.social #cdnpoli rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
Mark Carney's supposed enthusiasm for climate policy has been in the back seat—or maybe the trunk—since he stepped into the prime minister's office. By @hadrianmk.bsky.social #climatecrisis #cdnpoli @policyalternatives.ca
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Is Carney’s climate credibility crumbling? - CCPA
The following is a re-print of the October 2025 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and climate change. Click here to subscribe to Shift Sto...
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Mark Carney's supposed enthusiasm for climate policy has been in the back seat—or maybe the trunk—since he stepped into the prime minister's office. By @hadrianmk.bsky.social #climatecrisis #cdnpoli @policyalternatives.ca
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Ontario urgently needs a teacher recruitment plan: the workforce is aging quickly, and younger workers appear uninterested in the profession. #onpoli #onted
@ccpa-on.bsky.social full analysis and revealing charts:
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@ccpa-on.bsky.social full analysis and revealing charts:
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November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ontario urgently needs a teacher recruitment plan: the workforce is aging quickly, and younger workers appear uninterested in the profession. #onpoli #onted
@ccpa-on.bsky.social full analysis and revealing charts:
policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
@ccpa-on.bsky.social full analysis and revealing charts:
policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
"A recent study by @ccpamb.bsky.social shows that one way to strengthen families is to get more parents involved in adult basic education." www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: Adult basic education keeps youth out of crime
A recent study by Marni Brownell and colleagues at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, titled Crossover Kids in Manitoba: The Intersection of the Child Protection System, Youth Criminal Justice Sys...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"A recent study by @ccpamb.bsky.social shows that one way to strengthen families is to get more parents involved in adult basic education." www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
"[the tax implies] ... the government is [working] to combat housing [unaffordability], but there are core issues ... particularly the failure to invest in non-market housing … that [are] not fundamentally being addressed federally or provincially,” @marclee.bsky.social www.biv.com/news/real-es...
B.C. speculation tax to rise in 2026 as Carney axes federal version
Policy divergence revives questions about efficacy and legality
www.biv.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"[the tax implies] ... the government is [working] to combat housing [unaffordability], but there are core issues ... particularly the failure to invest in non-market housing … that [are] not fundamentally being addressed federally or provincially,” @marclee.bsky.social www.biv.com/news/real-es...
“[Interprovincial free trade] has been hyped up intentionally, to get provinces...to [reduce] the role of government to watch over the kinds of goods and services that are available..." said @policyalternatives.ca senior researcher Stuart Trew. #cdnpoli www.whitecourtstar.com/news/recogni...
'Keep the momentum going': Deal on recognition of goods hailed as step toward interprovincial free trade
The federal government, provinces and territories moved one step closer to free internal trade this week. Find out more here
www.whitecourtstar.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“[Interprovincial free trade] has been hyped up intentionally, to get provinces...to [reduce] the role of government to watch over the kinds of goods and services that are available..." said @policyalternatives.ca senior researcher Stuart Trew. #cdnpoli www.whitecourtstar.com/news/recogni...
The language in the bill about these corporations is vague, said @policyalternatives.ca senior researcher @simonenoch.bsky.social:
“A ‘public corporation’ also just means a corporation that’s publicly-traded, which is privately-owned." #onpoli pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
“A ‘public corporation’ also just means a corporation that’s publicly-traded, which is privately-owned." #onpoli pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.
“The way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards privatization”
pressprogress.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The language in the bill about these corporations is vague, said @policyalternatives.ca senior researcher @simonenoch.bsky.social:
“A ‘public corporation’ also just means a corporation that’s publicly-traded, which is privately-owned." #onpoli pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
“A ‘public corporation’ also just means a corporation that’s publicly-traded, which is privately-owned." #onpoli pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
“It seems like we’ve just put climate in the drawer and forgotten about it,” said @marclee.bsky.social, a senior economist for @policyalternatives.ca #bcpoli #climatecrisis thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Will BC Electrify Its Economy? BC Hydro Doubts It | The Tyee
The Crown corporation’s new long-term plan for BC’s energy future is a missed opportunity to commit to electrification, experts say.
thetyee.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“It seems like we’ve just put climate in the drawer and forgotten about it,” said @marclee.bsky.social, a senior economist for @policyalternatives.ca #bcpoli #climatecrisis thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
At home, the Canadian government is pivoting towards resource extraction. It’s no surprise that their international commitments to climate action are on the downswing. By Bruce Campbell, former @policyalternatives.ca exec director. #climatecrisis
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COP30: Canada continues to be a global laggard on climate action - CCPA
The COP30 Global Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil marked the 10th anniversary of the landmark Paris Accord, where countries agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels by 2050....
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
At home, the Canadian government is pivoting towards resource extraction. It’s no surprise that their international commitments to climate action are on the downswing. By Bruce Campbell, former @policyalternatives.ca exec director. #climatecrisis
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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How #BC's New Economic Plan Gets it all Wrong by @policyalternatives.ca senior economist @marclee.bsky.social #bcecon thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
How BC’s New Economic Plan Gets It All Wrong | The Tyee
The government’s ‘Look West’ strategy doubles down on resource extraction at the expense of smarter spending.
thetyee.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
How #BC's New Economic Plan Gets it all Wrong by @policyalternatives.ca senior economist @marclee.bsky.social #bcecon thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
ICYMI: @ricardotranjan.bsky.social at @policyalternatives.ca talks about #Ontario's Bill 60 and why tenants are up in arms about it #onpoli www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...
What makes Bill 60 so controversial? - Mid-Morning 9am-12pm | iHeart
<p>Ricardo Tranjan at Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives talks about the bill and why tenants are up in arms about it</p>
www.iheart.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ICYMI: @ricardotranjan.bsky.social at @policyalternatives.ca talks about #Ontario's Bill 60 and why tenants are up in arms about it #onpoli www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...
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North America in the World Economy: Now—and After You-Know-Who. Free to all, register today!
James K. Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and a professorship in Government at The University of Texas ...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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ICYMI: @ccpa-on.bsky.social political economist @ricardotranjan.bsky.social criticizes #Ontario’s defence of Bill 60. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/vide...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
ICYMI: @ccpa-on.bsky.social political economist @ricardotranjan.bsky.social criticizes #Ontario’s defence of Bill 60. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/vide...
Governments should indeed be using their procurement powers to encourage local contracts. The new Buy Ontario Act falls short in important ways. By @noahfry.bsky.social #onpoli
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The Buy Ontario Act is a rebrand with little new to offer - CCPA
On November 20, the government of Ontario announced the Buy Ontario Act. This is a follow up to a 2022 policy—the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative Act—that favoured Ontarian suppliers within pu...
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Governments should indeed be using their procurement powers to encourage local contracts. The new Buy Ontario Act falls short in important ways. By @noahfry.bsky.social #onpoli
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ICYMI: Study links health-care privatization with higher mortality rates. Interview with @policyalternatives.ca senior researcher, @kjscott.bsky.social: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Study links health-care privatization with higher mortality rates
A new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives looked at 25 countries and found those with more privatized health care fared worse on seven mortality indicators. The report comes as s...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
ICYMI: Study links health-care privatization with higher mortality rates. Interview with @policyalternatives.ca senior researcher, @kjscott.bsky.social: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
The study by @iris-recherche.bsky.social & @policyalternatives.ca analyzed the health-care systems of 25 member countries of the OECD...countries that allow greater private sector involvement in healthcare achieve poorer results on seven mortality indicators. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
More private health care linked to higher mortality, Quebec study warns
Experts are concerned about the direction Quebec is taking by increasingly turning to the private sector to provide care to the population (care that is often publicly funded).
www.ctvnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The study by @iris-recherche.bsky.social & @policyalternatives.ca analyzed the health-care systems of 25 member countries of the OECD...countries that allow greater private sector involvement in healthcare achieve poorer results on seven mortality indicators. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
The BC government’s new “Look West” economic plan doubles down on resource extraction—while ignoring sectors of the economy that could have a larger impact on well-being. By @marclee.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #bcecon
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Not a good look: BC’s new environmentally destructive economic plan - CCPA
Look West is the Government of British Columbia‘s newly minted economic strategy. Premier David Eby is calling it a plan to attract $20 billion of investment from the federal government and private se...
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The BC government’s new “Look West” economic plan doubles down on resource extraction—while ignoring sectors of the economy that could have a larger impact on well-being. By @marclee.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #bcecon
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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"Earlier this fall, @policyalternatives.ca reported a Hamilton resident would have to earn $29.16 an hour — or about $60,652 a year — to comfortably rent a one-bedroom apartment in the city." #canlab www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
New non-profit aims to fill Hamilton’s ‘missing-middle’ rental gap
Gather Community Homes hopes to raise $15M through bonds for development.
www.thespec.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Earlier this fall, @policyalternatives.ca reported a Hamilton resident would have to earn $29.16 an hour — or about $60,652 a year — to comfortably rent a one-bedroom apartment in the city." #canlab www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
According to @policyalternatives.ca, “In Canada, we have typically used a threshold of paying rent less than 30 per cent of gross or pre-tax income as the benchmark of affordability.” In Vancouver, people pay much more than this, and they shouldn't have to. dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Vancouver residents spending way more than the 30% rule on rent | Urbanized
"Affordability remains a major concern."
dailyhive.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
According to @policyalternatives.ca, “In Canada, we have typically used a threshold of paying rent less than 30 per cent of gross or pre-tax income as the benchmark of affordability.” In Vancouver, people pay much more than this, and they shouldn't have to. dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Les pays qui accordent une plus grande place au privé dans leur système de santé affichent des taux de mortalité en moyenne plus élevés, révèle une nouvelle étude de @iris-recherche.bsky.social et @policyalternatives.ca. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/s...
Les pays donnant davantage de place au privé en santé ont une mortalité en moyenne plus élevée
Une étude de l’IRIS a comparé la situation qui a cours dans 25 pays de l’OCDE.
www.ledevoir.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Les pays qui accordent une plus grande place au privé dans leur système de santé affichent des taux de mortalité en moyenne plus élevés, révèle une nouvelle étude de @iris-recherche.bsky.social et @policyalternatives.ca. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/s...
Senior economist w/ @policyalternatives.ca, @marclee.bsky.social, said the whole debate over interprovincial trade is simply political posturing so that provinces and the federal government can seem like they are doing something to respond to Trump’s tariffs. #cdnecon theprovince.com/news/will-ne...
Will new deal between provinces on interprovincial trade actually help Canada's economy?
The agreement is designed to provide mutual recognition for products like clothing, toys and vehicles but doesn't address barriers on food.
theprovince.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Senior economist w/ @policyalternatives.ca, @marclee.bsky.social, said the whole debate over interprovincial trade is simply political posturing so that provinces and the federal government can seem like they are doing something to respond to Trump’s tariffs. #cdnecon theprovince.com/news/will-ne...
“[government officials] seized on this kind of bogus issue of trade barriers [but] the real barriers for businesses and trading across Canada are distance and transportation costs.” @marclee.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #cdnecon www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Provinces sign agreement to drop interprovincial trade barriers on goods except food, alcohol | CBC News
An agreement, signed today, between all Canadian provinces, territories, and the federal government, will drop interprovincial trade barriers on many goods except food and alcohol. It's part of an eff...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“[government officials] seized on this kind of bogus issue of trade barriers [but] the real barriers for businesses and trading across Canada are distance and transportation costs.” @marclee.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #cdnecon www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New report from @policyalternatives.ca and @iris-recherche.bsky.social shows a clear link between greater privatization in health care services and higher mortality rates—just as multiple Canadian provinces work actively to privatize those services www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries - CCPA
Privatization is deadly. Canada needs to learn from other countries and focus on public health care instead.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New report from @policyalternatives.ca and @iris-recherche.bsky.social shows a clear link between greater privatization in health care services and higher mortality rates—just as multiple Canadian provinces work actively to privatize those services www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...