Reading Time: 3 minutes But getting a green industrial policy right is no simple task
Author: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social, economic and environmental justice.
As inflation rages minimum wage hikes fall short
Reading Time: 3 minutes Governments’ failure to care about low-wage workers has meant real-dollar pay cuts for those who can afford them least
Is Canada’s Employment Insurance system recession proof?
Reading Time: 3 minutes No. The need to broaden access and expand government contributions is urgent
Why can’t Canada also address student debt?
Reading Time: 3 minutes America is taking a tentative step to help students. Canada needs to do the same
Summertime and inflation ain’t easy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Controlling inflation with interest rates can work, but at a terrible cost
Canada’s richest companies riding the inflation gravy train
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some corporations are doing better than ever while Canadians struggle with skyrocketing cost of living. Let’s tax them
Electoral reform in B.C. won’t enable the far right
Reading Time: 3 minutes No electoral system has a monopoly on either preventing or fostering far right parties
Electoral reform actually enhances local representation
Reading Time: 3 minutes In all three models being considered in the B.C. referendum, every MLA will be accountable to either a local riding or region