CCPA: Federal budget must take action on inequality and boost economy
Press Release Think tank unveils plan to cut poverty, create jobs, and close tax loopholes March 9, 2017 OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is urging the federal government…
Fraser Institute: Government employees in Alberta receive 7.9 per cent higher wages than comparable private-sector workers
Press Release March 9, 2017 CALGARY—With the Alberta government set to unveil another large budget deficit next week, a new study by the Fraser Institute finds that all public-sector workers…
CCPA: $5.2 million in political donations and more than 22,000 lobbying contacts
Press Release Study reveals scale of influence by fossil fuel industry on BC government, public officials March 8, 2017 (Vancouver) A new study finds the policy alignment between BC’s provincial…
North Superior Workforce Planning Board: Know your community to grow your community.
Press Release March 2, 2017 – North Superior Workforce Planning Board – Your Local Employment Planning Council and Northern Policy Institute have teamed up to provide communities with greater access…
IRPP: Steps along Reconciliation Road
Press Release February 28, 2017 At a First Nations education conference in late January in Calgary, sponsored by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, one of the presenters used…
C. D. Howe Institute: Fight Cigarette Smuggling With Better Policing, Not Higher Taxes
Press Release Provinces should fight contraband cigarettes with better policing, and reforming government allocation of cigarettes to Aboriginal reserves, rather than impose higher taxes. February 28, 2017 – Provinces should…
FCPP: The Privatization Of Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan
Press Release The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today released a study about the privatization of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS). The report was co-authored by Dr. Mark Moore…
CCPA: It’s time for the BC government to curb raw log exports and boost value-added forestry jobs, say unions and environmental groups
Press Release February 27, 2017 (Vancouver) Between 2013 and 2016, more raw logs were shipped from BC than during any other four-year period in the province’s history, prompting two forest…
C.D. Howe Institute: Top 10 List for Minister Morneau: Shadow Budget 2017
Press Release February 23, 2017 – Ottawa should set out a path back toward balance to inspire confidence among savers and investors, says the C.D. Howe Institute’s annual Shadow Federal…
MLI relaunches landmark paper on tearing down barriers to internal trade in Canada
Press Release Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole first launched in 2010 as a road map to liberalizing trade between provinces and territories OTTAWA, Feb. 23, 2017 – The…
