While economic theory assumes wages reflect productivity, real-world data reveals persistent pay gaps based on gender and immigration status. To isolate these disparities, this study analyzes 2025 ...

In the post-Covid world, workers face an ever more alienated and isolated environment. Questions of work-life balance have been tossed to the wayside as a growing number of Canadians are required, out ...

Canada and Canadians have long held themselves out as promoters, protectors and champions of human rights. From the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to the Canadian Bill of Rights, to the key ...

A budget that makes Canada stronger by committing to solidarity and dignity for all Beyond their economic impact, public post-secondary education institutions are anchors in communities, large and ...

Over the last 50 years, women’s equality movements have had many important breakthrough moments, but economic gender inequalities have been very slow to change. Closing the wage gap has proved ...

Growing economic precarity and the absence of community support are pressing concerns for young parents—and young people aspiring to be parents. Governments have an important role to play supporting ...

B.C.’s election got really interesting with an out-of-the blue NDP proposal to hike income taxes for the top earners in the province. This reflects Premier David Eby’s broader pivot to more populist ...

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At budget time in February 2026, a number of commentators expressed grave concerns about the growing size of B.C.’s budget deficit and overall provincial debt. B.C. is caught up in Canada’s trade war ...

We’re fighting for change and your donation helps! The CCPA is Canada’s leading progressive policy research institute. Donors provide core funding for our work. We provide tax receipts.

The CCPA acknowledges that Indigenous Peoples are the traditional guardians of Turtle Island. We remain dedicated to reconciliation, and are committed to lifting Indigenous voices. We will continue to ...

We’re fighting for change and your donation helps! The CCPA is Canada’s leading progressive policy research institute. Donors provide core funding for our work. We provide tax receipts.