Budget fédéral alternatif 2020
Un New Deal pour une nouvelle décennieMarch 17, 2020Download3.11 MB130 pagesNous publions le Budget fédéral alternatif 2020 — notre 25e édition depuis 1995 — à un moment très instable pour le Canada et...
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Policing of dissent, from the G20 to the Wet’suwet’en dispute
Author(s): Paul WeinbergMay 1, 2020G20 summit in Toronto, June 2010. Photo by katerkate (Flickr Creative Commons)Hours before the police went berserk, my friends and I joined the throng of liked-minded...
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Workers on the edge in Bangladesh
The global COVID-19 response is shaking garment supply chains and changing how Canadian unions do solidarity with Bangladeshi workers.Author(s): Asad IsmiMay 1, 2020A Bangladeshi worker (photo from ILO...
View ArticleThe Monitor, Sept/Oct 2020
A Just RecoverySeptember 1, 2020Download5.72 MBIt has been six months since we shut down the economy to all but essential activities in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. Federal and many...
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A just industrial strategy
Canada’s auto sector revival will take more than wishful thinking. We need a plan.Author(s): Angelo DiCaroSeptember 1, 2020Photo by Metro Transit, Flickr Creative CommonsCanada lacks a coherent...
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Virus contained, inequality let loose
Vietnam won international praise for its response to COVID-19. But the country’s intensifying capitalist restructuring may leave its people sicker and more impoverished.Author(s): Asad IsmiSeptember 1,...
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The Safe Third Country Agreement must end
Much is at stake in Canada’s appeal of a court ruling against a harmful refugee pact with the United States Author(s): Laura MacdonaldJeffrey AyresOctober 15, 2020Photo by Francis Mariani (Flickr...
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U.S. Empire, Trumped
How U.S. foreign policy changed, and stayed the same, over Trump's first presidencyAuthor(s): Asad IsmiOctober 15, 2020President Donald J. Trump was joined at the White House on September 15 by Israeli...
View ArticleTrade, gender and the international rules-based order
CCPA submission to the federal government white paper on a Feminist Foreign PolicyAuthor(s): Stuart TrewDecember 9, 2020As part of Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy White Paper consultation, the federal...
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The Monitor, January/February 2021
A broader vision of public healthDecember 31, 2020Download3.87 MB"If we learn anything from COVID-19," write Lindsay McLaren and Trish Hennessy in their cover feature for this issue, "it should be that...
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Federal nuclear power plan is a pipe dream
Not only are SMRs expensive compared to the alternatives, we still haven't resolved issues around radioactive contamination and hazardous waste streams.Author(s): M. V. RamanaEva Schacherl December 31,...
View ArticlePharma versus pharmacare
Corporate lobbyists and right-wing think-tanks are waging a war against the plan for national prescription drug coverageAuthor(s): Joel LexchinDecember 31, 2020In the Speech from the Throne this...
View ArticleBC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
Edited by: Shannon DaubEmira MearsTerra PoirierJanuary 13, 2021Download2.19 MB12 pagesIn this issue:Canadian billionaires' wealth skyrocketing amid the panedmicHealthy forests for a cooler futureWhat...
View ArticleMonopolizing the Recovery
Canada and the WTO-TRIPS Waiver ProposalThe Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Trade Justice Network host a conversation with global experts on the Indian and South African governments'...
View ArticleChallenging Racist British Columbia booklet weaves together history and...
February 25, 2021 VANCOUVER — The 150th anniversary of British Columbia joining Canada arrives at a time when people and institutions are being asked to reckon with the foundational impacts of racism...
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If We Want to Clean Up the Oceans, We Have to Confront the Fossil Fuel Giants
Author(s): Stuart TrewFebruary 24, 2021Andy Morffew (Flickr Creative Commons) Throughout 2019, we saw multiple variations on the same grim headline: “Dead Whale Found With 48 Pounds of Plastic in...
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Trade Agreements Like NAFTA Are a Menace to Democracy
Author(s): Scott SinclairMarch 8, 2021On his first day in office, US president Joe Biden revoked the permit for the controversial Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline. The partially built project was supposed to...
View ArticleCivil society groups urge Canada to support global access to COVID-19 vaccine...
March 10, 2021OTTAWA – As governments around the world prepare for World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings on intellectual property rights March 10-11, civil society groups are urging Prime Minister...
View ArticleOpen letter: Canada must support global access to COVID-19 vaccines at the WTO
March 10, 2021This letter was sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 10, 2021. Dear Prime Minister,Since the beginning of the pandemic, world leaders have repeatedly spoken of the need for...
View ArticleNAFTA investor lawsuits cost Canada more than $376 million and remain a...
Despite removal of ISDS from CUSMA, Canada continues to support it internationallyApril 15, 2021Canada remains vulnerable to costly NAFTA investor–state lawsuits even after removing the controversial...
View ArticleThe Rise and Demise of NAFTA Chapter 11
Author(s): Scott SinclairApril 15, 2021Download724.63 KB62 pagesThe removal of investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) from the renegotiated NAFTA was a critical victory for democratic sovereignty...
View ArticleWhat Makes for Good Regulatory Practice Provisions in Trade Agreements?
April 23, 2021AudioOffices: National OfficeIssue: International trade and investment, deep integrationProjects: Trade and Investment Research Project
View ArticleCanada completes the 1st round of negotiations with Indonesia, the largest...
March 17, 2022This week, Canada and Indonesia, the largest palm oil producer and exporter in the world, are completing the first round of negotiations on a proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership...
View ArticleCanadian investor-state lawsuits from mining companies threaten environmental...
May 19, 2022OTTAWA—Canadian mining companies continue to target environmental policy and resource management decisions in developing nations through increasingly costly investor-state lawsuits that...
View ArticleOn the Offensive
How Canadian companies use trade and investment agreements to bully foreign governments for billionsAuthor(s): Hadrian Mertins-KirkwoodMay 19, 2022Download2.05 MB69 pagesInvestor-state dispute...
View ArticleReciprocal but not optimal
CCPA comments on the government's reciprocal procurement proposalsAuthor(s): Stuart TrewJune 3, 2022This spring, Global Affairs Canada sought advice on the development of a reciprocal procurement...
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View ArticleSubmission to the government of Canada’s consultation on a possible...
Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms are discredited. No new trade deal should include them.Author(s): Stuart TrewMarch 3, 2023Download111.59 KB8 pagesIn early 2023, the federal government held...
View ArticleAmericas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP) Consultations
Evaluating the costs and benefits of participation in this U.S.-led and U.S.-designed project.Author(s): Stuart TrewLaura MacdonaldMay 11, 2023Download111.8 KB5 pagesBetween March 25 and May 9, the...
View ArticleBye Buy Canada?
Evaluating social procurement strategies under Canada’s trade commitmentsAuthor(s): Noah FrySeptember 8, 2023Download861.97 KB17 pagesCanadian trade deals are holding back progressive procurement...
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