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by Nick Falvo on December 15, 2016 On November 17, I delivered a webinar presentation for the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association titled “The Missing Piece: How Housing Policy Benefits from a Socioeconomic...The year as we saw it: 10 charts that defined Ontario in 2016
by CCPA-ON on December 15, 2016 The experts at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Ontario office have been tracking economic developments in Ontario throughout the year. Some problems persist: the...A critical guide to the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
by Marc Lee on December 14, 2016 After working on climate and energy issues intensively for the past nine years, I would love to scream from the rooftops about how Canada now has a real climate framework, and how...Growth Spurt: What skyrocketing child care fees mean for families
by Erika Shaker on December 14, 2016 It’s no surprise—to anyone with even a modest awareness of the subject—that child care is expensive. But when we released our recent report (A Growing Concern: 2016 child care...Canada’s climate ambition gap in one chart
by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood on December 13, 2016 “There is a huge gap—an ambition gap—between where we are and where we need to be to meet even our modest international commitments.” So says my contribution, with David Macdonald...
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