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Oct 21, 2024 | 
policyalternatives.ca | Craig Pickthorne
Private, For-Profit Health Care and Wait-Times in Saskatchewan In any public discussion of health care in Canada, the question of wait-times will inevitably come to the fore. For many, wait-times have come to be thought of as indicative of the general health of our public health system. So it is no surprise that governments of all stripes will promise to reduce or eliminate wait-times if elected.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
policyalternatives.ca | Craig Pickthorne
A Parallel Report on Canada’s Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action This report provides an assessment of Canada’s progress in meeting the goals for gender equality set out in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Adopted unanimously by 189 countries including Canada in 1995, the Beijing Declaration is the most progressive global blueprint ever for advancing women’s rights.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
policyalternatives.ca | Craig Pickthorne
Read the full report here. The Canada Disability Benefit is a new benefit aimed at reducing poverty for Canadians with disabilities. It will take effect in 2025. Researchers at the National office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) applaud this initiative, but they are also recommending that the federal government extend the benefit to include even more Canadians living with disabilities.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
policyalternatives.ca | Craig Pickthorne
The Costs of Accessibility The Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' living wage calculation for Regina and Saskatoon is a little different from past years. That’s because we are presenting two different living wage calculations for both Regina and Saskatoon this year. Last year, we made the decision to not include the cost savings from the federal/provincial $10 per day daycare program due to the inaccessibility of the program in both major cities.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
policyalternatives.ca | Craig Pickthorne
From June 3 to July 31, 2024, Global Affairs Canada sought public input on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) as part of a general review of the treaty mandated in all 11 member countries. This CCPA submission to that consultation responds to the last of the government’s four leading questions:“Are there existing provisions in the [CPTPP] that would benefit from revision or updating?
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
policyalternatives.ca | Craig Pickthorne
We can shape the future of urban life Browse the latest edition of The Monitor online hereToday, more than 80 per cent of Canada’s population lives in cities. They’re the engines of economic growth, but far too many cities are stuck in the past or are in decline due to government underfunding and neglect.The spring edition of the Monitor looks at the challenges cities face and offers tangible solutions.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
monitormag.ca | Jon Milton |Catherine McKenney |Neil Saravanamuttoo |Craig Pickthorne
When I was living in Edmonton, I managed to snag one of the (relatively) rare apartments in that city where you could walk to the grocery store within a few minutes. It wasn’t a particularly pleasant walk—it meant trudging through an enormous, desolate parking lot after crossing a high-speed, six-lane collector road. I was, generally, one of only a small handful of pedestrians—in the city’s densest neighborhood, only a few blocks from downtown.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
monitormag.ca | Craig Pickthorne |Stuart Trew |Kristin Mead
My hometown of Ottawa boasts a pair of scenic and winding roadways on both sides of the Rideau Canal. One of them is the Queen Elizabeth Parkway, on which you can drive six kilometres from Old Ottawa South to the downtown core and only hit two lights. Until 2020, that is. With COVID-19 came a promising zeal for “Active Use” programs in cities across the world. In Ottawa, our Queen Elizabeth Parkway was closed to vehicle traffic in the daylight hours of the summer months.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
monitormag.ca | Jon Milton |Catherine McKenney |Neil Saravanamuttoo |Craig Pickthorne
Some cities are making small changes to create more accessible spaces Our content is fiercely open source and we never paywall our website. The support of our community makes this possible. Make a donation of $35 or more and receive The Monitor magazine for one full year and a donation receipt for the full amount of your gift.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
monitormag.ca | Catherine McKenney |Neil Saravanamuttoo |Jon Milton |Craig Pickthorne
Cities are a constant work in progress. Great cities attract great talent. They are where we find the most specialized health care. They provide for the broadest set of social, recreational and cultural experiences that enrich our lives. But cities are also on the frontlines of the homelessness and affordable housing emergency, the raging poison drug crisis, growing food insecurity, persistent traffic congestion and the consequences of climate change.
