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	Canadian federal budget - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In cases of minority government, the government has normally had to include major concessions to one of the smaller parties to ensure passage of the budget.
		Historically the official opposition used to prepare a complete alternative budget and present this alternative to the Canadian people along with the main budget.
		A complete alternative budget is today produced each year by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a leftist think-tank.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_federal_budget (445 words)

	Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - SourceWatch
		The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is a liberal think tank founded in 1980.
		The centre describes itself as "an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice.
		Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada’s leading progressive voices in public policy debates.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Canadian_Centre_for_Policy_Alternatives (233 words)

	Policy Jobs - Canadian Think Tanks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Canadian Institute of International Affairs "The mandate of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA) is to promote a deeper understanding of international affairs and of Canada's role in a changing world by providing members with a non-partisan, nation-wide forum for informed discussion, analysis and debate.
		Canadian Policy Research Networks "Our mission is to create knowledge and lead public debate on social and economic issues important to the well-being of Canadians.
		Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development "The Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development's goals are twofold: 1.
	www.policyjobs.net /Canadian_Think_Tanks (1138 words)

	Global Policy Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		To be sure, policy choices do exist, but their range is more constrained, and with each turn of the “free market” screw the NAFTA legal framework makes it more difficult and often impossible to go in the other direction.
		Monetary policy in the late 1980s and early 1990s was driven by the determination of monetary authorities to virtually eliminate inflation from the Canadian economy (which at the time was roughly the same as U.S. inflation and thus was not a problem).
		Whether the Canadian government made a specific commitment to the Americans in response to congressional pressure to raise the value of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar is not known.
	www.globalpolicynetwork.org /research/nafta-at-seven/ca.html (4013 words)

	Social Policy Research Unit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Choices: a Coalition for Social Justice, 1996.
		The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Cho!ces: A Coalition for Social Justice, 1997.
		Cho!ces: A Coalition for Social Justice and The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 1998.
	www.uregina.ca /spr/loan/fiscal_welfare.html (416 words)

	ILO - Labour market effects under CUFTA/NAFTA
		Underlying these policies are relations of power and its redistribution: from workers to corporations, from low and median income to high income earners, from wages to profits, from governments to the market.
		Policy levers such as performance requirements and tariffs which served as sticks to nudge capital to behave in accordance with public policy priorities and discourage capital outflows, have been removed and only carrots remain.
		Canadian unions maintained their numbers throughout the 1980s and so far in the 1990s in contrast to their US counterparts whose numbers have fallen sharply.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/employment/strat/publ/etp29.htm (14613 words)

	Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives : Thunderbay IMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives : Thunderbay IMC
		Celebrating the 9th anniversary of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in the Pasifikost of Canada with Dr. David Suzuki Windows Media Video - 7 Mgbts.
		Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere.
	thunderbay.indymedia.org /print.php?id=22688 (80 words)

	General policy and research
		Campaign 2000, as part of FSA’s Social Reform Unit, is a cross-Canada network of over 85 Canadian organizations committed to the 1989 House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
		The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives offers workable alternatives on issues of social and economic justice.
		Canadian Council on Social Development is a non-profit social policy and research organization focusing on issues such as poverty, social inclusion, disability, cultural diversity, child well-being, employment and housing.
	www.fsatoronto.com /policy/res_genpolicy.html (332 words)

	Canadian Federation of Students
		The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) conducts research on the social and economic effects of public policies, as well as submitting recommendations to the government.
		In 2004, the CCPA released a study entitled Financing Higher Education, which examines per-student funding for post-secondary education over a span of fifteen years, as well as tuition fee levels during that period.
		The study recommends that additional funding be allocated to implement this policy in order to avoid a deficiency in access and quality.
	www.cfs.bc.ca /policy-2.php?type=BC (205 words)

	in their own words
		A new CCPA study by former National Welfare Council Director Steve Kerstetter shows the lack of any connection between basic needs of welfare recipients and the level of assistance.
		A CCPA study from last month, Denied Assistance, documents how the principle of assisting those most in need has been tossed aside by new B.C. government measures and practices such as the use of the internet and telephone instead of personal contact to interview people in difficulty.
		This policy objective explains the 1990s fight against the so-called deficit, through high interest rates, and expenditure cuts, including the federal budget of 1995 that threw out a 30-year commitment to ensure no one was left behind, through its abandoning of cost sharing, and national standards for welfare.
	www.rabble.ca /politics.shtml?sh_itm=efc2c73fcd844255d9139f3054bf4792&rXn=1& (848 words)

	University of Alberta Libraries
		CERF is a non-profit corporation whose objects are: to improve the level of employment policy analysis and debate in Canada by encouraging policy related empirical research; and to improve interaction among researchers and policy-makers from governments, universities, business, labour and other communities concerned with employment issues.
		It's major policy research and education programs are in the areas of sustainable energy, climate change, environmental governance, ecological fiscal reform, sustainability indicators, and the environmental impacts of the energy industry.
		The Public Policy Forum's mission is to strive for excellence in government, to serve as a neutral, independent forum for open dialogue on public policy, and to encourage reform in public sector management.
	www.library.ualberta.ca /subject/business/thinktanks (1478 words)

	Links: Public Policy/Economic Research Organizations
		Canadian Bankers Association is all about matters financial and more--some great educational content.
		Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives offers a view of current economic and social issues from the left.
		Canadian Council on Social Development focuses on research and analysis of social and economic trends.
	www.cfee.org /en/linkspolicyorg.shtml (129 words)

	Canadian Dimension / Articles » Labour
		Canadian Dimension Magazine, September/October 2006 Issue When CUPE delegates returned to their homes and workplaces after attending the Ontario Division’s annual convention in May, the media reports they would see and hear focused on but one resolution adopted at the convention.
		Canadian Dimension Magazine, July/August 2006 Issue The Canadian Labour Congress’s statement on Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan is clear and unequivocal; it calls for the troops to be brought home now.
		Canadian Dimension Magazine, May/June 2006 Issue In the early 1980s, the auto majors reversed four decades of steady growth in wages by successfully forcing concessions out of the once-powerful United Auto Workers.
	www.canadiandimension.com /articles/category/labour (726 words)

	ab_na_onthenet_02\|Social Work\|List of URLs for Social Work\|POLICY PRACTICE
		The Canadian Council on Social Development is a voluntary, nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop and promote progressive social policies inspired by social justice, equality and the empowerment of individuals and communities through research, consultation, public education and advocacy.
		The Centre for Social Policy Research and Development (CSPRD) at the University of Wales, Bangor, is committed to the conduct of well-founded, scientific research primarily in the areas of human development, health studies and social care provision.
		EPN considers itself to be the clearinghouse for the latest progressive policy research and reports from the nation's leading research institutes, think tanks, and policy organizations.
	wps.ablongman.com /ab_na_onthenet_02/0,4240,151890-,00.html (980 words)

	FTAA in Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is about to launch a new briefing paper on the Free Trade Area of the Americas, called "Inside the Fortress: What's going on at the FTAA negotiations," by Marc Lee, an economist for the CCPA.
		But the broad range of issues being discussed, and the failure of Canadian negotiators to look beyond "export opportunities for Canadian companies," is definitely cause for concern.
		Copies can be ordered from the CCPA national office (613-563-1341), or can be downloaded from the CCPA web site (www.policyalternatives.ca).
	perc.ca /PEN/2001-04/ftaa.html (494 words)

	The Council of Canadians
		To Bruce Campbell, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the memorandum is attempting to sell to Cabinet a position that completely ignores the negative aspects of globalisation.
		While the document acknowledges that developing countries "continue to be concerned about taking additional obligations and express concerns that they are not benefiting from the international rules framework as much as they should", Canada refuses to recognise the needs and inequalities of developing countries.
		An analysis of the document, prepared by the Council of Canadians and the CCPA, is available in the press kit.
	www.canadians.org /display_document.htm?COC_token=024RH24&id=452&isdoc=1&catid=66 (442 words)

	Canadian Dimension / Links
		Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility - CCNR is dedicated to education and research on all issues related to nuclear energy, whether civilian or military -- including non-nuclear alternatives -- especially those pertaining to Canada.
		Canadian Council on Social Development - national, non-profit organization which focuses on issues of social and economic security.
		Canadian Association of Food Banks - With more food banks in Canada than there are Burger King's, you shouldn't be surprised that there is a national coalition for the many thousands of organizations that gather food for redistribution to people in need.
	www.canadiandimension.com /links (2051 words)

	The Council of Canadians
		The Canadian Health Coalition is dedicated to preserving and enhancing Canada’s public health system for the benefit of all Canadians.
		The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions pressures the federal government to recognize the professional skills and knowledge that nurses bring to their jobs.
		It operates within the established and distinctive tradition of Canadian political economy and is non-partisan.
	www.canadians.org /display_document.htm?COC_token=&id=353&isdoc=1&catid=106 (527 words)

	deep-integration
		The Centre for Research on Latin American and the Caribbean (CERLAC) at York University and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) are organizing this conference to explore recent trends in continental integration, with a particular focus on Canada-US relations.
		The Canadian government responded by engaging with Washington on a number of policy agendas (e.g., border security, customs, immigration, refugees, civil rights, illegal drugs and defence) which allegedly focus on border security and the free flow of cross-border trade, but which have broader implications.
		The conference is co-sponsored by the Council of Canadians, the Centre for Social Justice, and Common Frontiers-Canada.
	www.yorku.ca /cerlac/deep-integration.html (1778 words)

	Further Resources
		Published by James Lorimer and Co. and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (www.policyalternatives.ca), 1999.
		Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Click on the "Research and Publications" link to get to some excellent educational resources.
		Council of Canadians - Strictly non-partisan, the Council lobbies Members of Parliament, conducts research, and runs national campaigns aimed at putting some of the country's most important issues into the spotlight: safeguarding our social programs, promoting economic justice, renewing our democracy, asserting Canadian sovereignty, advancing alternatives to corporate-style free trade, and preserving our environment.
	www.gascd.com /cyberdig/further_reading.htm (540 words)

	Big Business Lobby's Members Shed Jobs and Amassed Wealth - Globalization - Global Policy Forum
		With the 15th anniversary of the Canada-US Free Agreement just days away, a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives examines the free trade claims of the big business lobby, the BCNI (now the CCCE), in relation to its own performance over the last 15 years.
		It also found strong evidence that the Canadian social state is converging downward to the level of the American social state.
		Global Policy Forum distributes this material without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
	www.globalpolicy.org /globaliz/econ/2003/1222uscanada.htm (464 words)

	Thomson Nelson - Economics Resource Centre
		Research and policy analysis are carried out by a wide range of organizations in Canada.
		Some organizations are private, non-profit foundations, which both undertake research and advocate particular types of policies (compare The Fraser Institute with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives); others are university-based research centres.
		Policy research regarding climate change, measures and indicators of sustainable development, and other environmental economics issues.
	economics.nelson.com /organizations.html (489 words)

	Database of Online Canadiana (DOC)
		The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPC): Ottawa, CA (ON)
		"The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives was founded in 1980 to promote research on economic and social issues facing Canada.
		The Centre monitors current developments in the economy and studies important trends that affect Canadians." "The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives offers an alternative to the message that we have no choice about the policies that affect our lives.
	www.ub.uni-marburg.de /digibib/canadiana.php?action=5&ref=5&Mod= (163 words)

	Larger investment in Canada's poorest needed: report - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Media Release dd Oct ...
		(OTTAWA) Social policy in Canada needs a facelift to better address the needs of the poorest Canadians, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, titled Snakes and Ladders: A Policy Brief on Poverty Dynamics.
		The report's findings are based on a survey of studies looking at the mobility of people in and out of poverty.
		In these cases, there is a stronger role for government to invest in people so they can get a decent foothold on the economic ladder.
	dawn.thot.net /ccpa2.html (354 words)

	CBC News: Study: Canadian poverty rising despite economic boom
		Poverty is rising among children and new immigrants, the middle class is finding it increasingly difficult to afford education and housing, and there are 250,000 Canadians living on the streets, says the study by Social Watch, a coalition of 400 non-government organizations from 50 countries.
		It is global in scope, and its Canadian section was written by an economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
		The Canadian affiliate is funded by the International Development Research Centre, a federal agency.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/09/14/canada_poverty20050914.html (1208 words)

	Proud To Be Canadian .ca
		Tax Freedom Day, calculated by the conservative think tank since 1977, is supposedly when Canadians have anted up the share of their incomes paid to all levels of government in taxes and start working for themselves.
		Tax cuts by the federal government - notably the drop in the GST rate to six from seven per cent - and the provinces are the reason for the five-day improvement in this year’s date, the institute said in a news release Friday.
		They describe them in their story as the… “Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives”.
	www.proudtobecanadian.ca /blog/index/weblog/five_days_of_bliss_june_19_to_24 (393 words)

	CBC News: Canada's wealth disparity rivals Third World: study
		The study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says the gap between rich and poor in Canada has grown over the past three decades and now rivals that of the Third World.
		Using Statistics Canada data, the CCPA study concluded that half of the country's families control 94 per cent of its wealth.
		He said a surprising number of Canadian families are a paycheque away from financial disaster.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2002/12/13/disparity021213.html (1068 words)

	Canadian Politics: Confident Harper talks majority
		The report, to be released from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, says the Tories would ring up deficits amounting to more than $11-billion over five years.
		He vowed to speed the process of recognizing the credentials of Canadians educated in foreign countries.
		"This is not a new issue, nor is it...an easy issue to be resolved, but it must be resolved because too many new Canadians are not achieving their full potential and Canada is experiencing too many shortages in key professional areas like medicine, engineering and diagnostics," he said.
	www.canadiancontent.net /forums/about1045.html (983 words)

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