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Closing the electoral gap: Canada’s glacial march towards gender equality

Canada has made significant progress on gender parity among elected officials, but there is still a long way to go.

Inequality makes crises worse—and there are many crises coming

We're heading into an increasingly unstable world, and we're going to need real solidarity to make it through.

Climate inequality defines the present; don’t let it define the future

The people who are least responsible for climate change will feel its effects the hardest. It's time for policy-makers to address that injustice.

Education: Inequality’s solution or great reinforcer?

For the unlucky children born on the lower rungs of Canada's ladder of inequality, accessing quality education is hard. It doesn't need to be this way.

How the CCPA sparked a national conversation about income inequality

Understanding inequality, and providing policymakers the tools to combat it, is a role the CCPA is happy to fill.

What will it take to tackle income inequality?

Our country has the resources to provide dignity for all—our leaders' failure to do so is a political choice.

To understand what racial capitalism means, read Black Marxism

Cedric Robinson's work is foundational for social movements.

Introducing the Shift Storm newsletter

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

Does Canada’s Sustainable Jobs Plan deliver on the promise of a just transition?

The interim Sustainable Jobs Plan is a solid framework for advancing a workforce development agenda, but there are important sticking points.


Let’s talk about “Let’s Talk Federal Regulations”

How democratic or participatory is Canada’s new regulatory consultation platform?

Premiers must Reject Privatization to Secure Federal Healthcare Funding

As premiers meet again with feds over healthcare transfers, let’s understand why the last meeting was a failure.

Canada’s new immigration policy leaves unanswered questions

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

New Data: Bank of Canada's rate hikes are making inflation worse

While they might have helped in the summer of last year, interest rate hikes are now actually increasing inflation.

Alberta squandered the Heritage Fund—but it's not too late to fix it

Three alternate histories of the Heritage Fund show what could have been if politicians had been more forward-thinking.

Advocates urge feds to adopt a regularization program for undocumented migrants

Federal cabinet ministers are expected to discuss regularization at a cabinet retreat this week

What is a just transition, and why does it matter?

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

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