Updates from the CCPA

Lessons from London, Ontario: The crackdown on middle class jobs

Electro-Motive/Caterpillar's decision to lock out its London, Ontario workers on January 1st, demanding workers accept a 50% pay cut or lose the plant altogether, brings into focus a theme that is...

February 6, 2012 | National Office, Ontario Office

Resources on pension reform and Old Age Security

Last week Prime Minister Harper signaled possible cuts to Canada's pension programs, namely Old Age Security benefits for middle- and lower-income seniors. The Canadian Centre for Policy...

February 6, 2012 | National Office

Every Tool Shapes the Task

The speed and breadth of technological change and how it plays out in education is creating many battles. The Winter 2012 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves --...

February 6, 2012 | National Office

Caterpillar and the Investment Canada Act

Caterpillar's February 3rd announcement that it will close the Electro-Motive Diesel facility in London has renewed calls to overhaul the Investment Canada Act. The...

February 5, 2012 | National Office

What economic recovery?

We've all heard political leaders boast that the Canadian economy has fully recovered from the recession and that the recession was not as severe in Canada as in other countries. It turns out that...

January 26, 2012 | National Office

Infographic visualizes rising income inequality in Canada

Income inequality has been getting worse in Canada, rising at a faster pace than it has been in the U.S. The inequality is being driven by what’s happening at the very top of the income spectrum:...

January 25, 2012 | National Office

Infographic: Canada's CEO Elite 100

CBC Radio’s weekly series, Type A released a comprehensive infographic based on the Canadian Centre for Policy...

January 24, 2012 | National Office

Federal cutbacks will cost more than 60,000 jobs and slash services

In its 2010 and 2011 budgets, the federal government announced cuts totalling $7.82 billion. A new CCPA study...

January 23, 2012 | National Office

Pooled plans won’t solve pension crisis

A new CCPA report finds that the government's proposed Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP) program will do nothing to solve Canada’s pension crisis. The report, by Monica Towson, concludes that...

December 6, 2011 | National Office

OECD: Canada's income gap is at a record high

A new OECD report on income inequality among 34 industrialized nations asserts what CCPA research has long revealed: Canada's income gap is at a record high. As the Globe and Mail reports in this...

December 5, 2011 | National Office

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— David Eby, Executive Director
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