A Q&A with CCPA climate researcher Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood

Changes are a step in the right direction, but don’t go far enough in important regards

Alberta is trying to provoke a showdown with the feds over just transition legislation. What does that mean, anyway?

The labour movement is a women’s movement. Bringing a feminist perspective to labour makes it stronger.

The province spends much more money on things that aren’t priorities. Supporting education workers should be high on the priority list.

Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #3: Fall 2022 labour force data shows that pandemic-vulnerable sectors still have not recovered from COVID-19.

Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #2: Looking at the racialized employment gap among women workers in the Fall 2022 labour force data

Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #1: Labour market data from Fall 2022 shows an uneven recovery for women workers.

The Ontario government just declared war on the constitutionally protected right to strike, using the notwithstanding clause.

Workers achieved a long-fought-for trade victory in the 2022 federal budget: trade unions will soon have the right to file trade complaints against unfair imports, something only domestic producers could do before now.

This July marked the second anniversary of the new Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Five years ago, Canada’s free trade pact with Europe came into force. Well, some of it did at least.

Two-thirds of job postings are offering wages that are too low to entice applicants. Employers are going to have to be more competitive to fill those jobs.

Inspiration, information, and solidarity among Starbucks baristas increasingly extends beyond individual stores, connecting workers across cities, regions, and, to some extent, even national borders—illustrating lessons applicable to organizing at the mega-chain in both the U.S. and Canada.

This year the CCPA Saskatchewan office released our living wage calculations, hot on the heels of the provincial government’s decision to raise what is currently Canada’s lowest minimum wage at $11.81 per hour to $15 per hour over the next two years.

Throughout the pandemic, many small- and medium-sized businesses have weathered the storm, thanks to federal government help. In his deputation to Canada's federal Industry Committee, David Macdonald says it's time to give those businesses an "off-ramp".