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CCPA Talking Points

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social, economic and environmental justice. In the Talking Points podcast, we discuss major policy and economics questions facing Canada today with CCPA economists and researchers, policy-makers, friends in the labour and social justice movement, and others.

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CCPA BC Budget 2021 Supporter Briefing Event from 2021-04-30T19:25:36

CCPA BC's analysis of the 2021 Federal and Provincial Budgets. This event took place on Zoom on April 29, 2021 as a supporter event. Due to a technical issue the recording starts a few minutes into...

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2019 Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture with David Green from 2019-10-10T22:06:49

On October 3, 2019, the CCPA-BC and UBC's Vancouver School of Economics were pleased to present the 2019 Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture.

In an era of high inequality, continuing povert...

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Talking Points - Episode 5: Climate Breakdown from 2019-06-12T14:02:28

Canada, and the rest of the world, is facing a climate crisis. Ahead of Canada's next federal election, Erika Shaker sits down with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood to discuss carbon tax, just transition, ...

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Talking Points - Episode 4 - Digging for Dividends from 2019-05-08T14:53:29

Learn about the secret weapon Canadian mining companies are using to extract money from developing countries when environmental measures, Indigenous rights and community resistance create democrati...

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Talking Points - Episode 3: The Winnipeg General Strike, 100 Years Later from 2019-03-29T19:45:12

CCPA Monitor editor Stuart Trew speaks to Kevin Rebeck, president of the Manitoba Federation of Labour, about the events and legacy of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, and the importance of direct...

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Talking Points Episode 2: Countdown to cannabis capitalism from 2018-10-10T14:00:47

With just a matter of days until marijuana legalization legislation comes into force in Canada, the CCPA Talking Points podcast asks activists and legal experts about what’s ahead, and who’s left b...

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Talking Points Episode 1: Fair taxation and fair trade from 2017-09-25T14:49:59

In this first episode of the CCPA's rebooted podcast, hosts Alyssa O'Dell and Stuart Trew talk to CCPA economist David Macdonald about the Liberal government's proposals for closing costly tax loop...

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Short 4: Reconciliation + #Budget2016 from 2016-04-05T19:15:53

Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was completed in December 2015. Indigenous activist Clayton Thomas-Muller joins us to discuss reconciliation and its implications, particularly in...

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Short 3: Premiers' climate talks + divestment from 2016-03-17T13:30:35

Following the Paris climate summit last year -- and an ambitious 1.5 degree target to limit global warming -- the Trudeau government promised a First Ministers meeting within 90 days. Marc Lee join...

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Short 2: Extended interview - Scott Sinclair on the TPP from 2016-02-12T14:53:45

In an extended interview, Scott Sinclair discusses the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for the Canadian economy, jobs, and the dairy and auto sectors. Scott also breaks down the flawe...

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Episode 4: What's wrong with the TPP? from 2016-02-01T19:00:28

Canada has said it will sign on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a new twelve-country international economic pact. But the corporate-driven TPP is about much more than “free trade”, and concerns a...

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Episode 3: Gender wage gap + voting reform from 2016-01-12T16:07:32

Is the gender wage gap fundamentally about discrimination? What are the roles of race and class? What are the solutions? We talk to Kate McInturff, CCPA senior researcher and director of the Centre...

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Short 1: Holiday Preview from 2015-12-22T16:11:39

In our very first holiday short: Alex and Davis take stock of #altpolicy and highlight CCPA's latest research on child care fees, the climate summit and middle-class taxes. Plus we preview our upco...

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Episode 2: A not-so-middle-class tax cut + Davis' epiphany from 2015-12-14T16:58:41

The first order of business for the Trudeau government has been a tax cut for the 'middle class'. But who actually benefits? CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald breaks it down. Plus Alex answers ...

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Episode 1: Paris primer + 'nannygate' from 2015-12-02T20:43:49

As world leaders meet in Paris to hammer out a new, comprehensive climate change agreement, we talk to Marc Lee about the future of Canadian and international climate policy. Marc is a CCPA Senior ...

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