The Canadian Progressive: Canada lacks coherent response to end violence...
by: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Press Release: OTTAWA, July 11, 2013 – Progress on ending violence against women in Canada is stalled by the absence of a coherent national policy and...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Alberta Government Failing to Enforce Environmental...
A new study has found that environmental violations in Alberta’s tar sands operations are frequent, enforcement is rare, and there is a chronic failure to disclose important environmental incident...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: To avert looming food crisis, stop eating meat,...
To avert the looming global food crisis, all we’ve to do is stop eating animal products, according to a new study by the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. The post To avert...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Study Finds High Levels of Arsenic in Groundwater...
A new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington found elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in groundwater near natural gas fracking sites in Texas’ Barnett Shale. The...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: The Alberta tar sands’ criminal assault on water,...
by: Obert Madondo A new study by Environment Canada confirms what First Nations and environmentalists have been telling us all along: the Alberta tar sands are increasingly becoming a threat to our...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Canada-EU trade deal will hurt Canada’s auto...
by: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Press Release | May 28, 2014 OTTAWA – The proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will only exacerbate the Canadian auto industry’s...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Navigating Canada’s complex terrain of student...
A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that “student aid systems in Canada are intricate, elaborate, and, in many cases, thoroughly unmanageable.” The post Navigating Canada’s...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Canada’s overcrowded jails full of legally innocent...
A new study from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association says Canada’s provincial and territorial jails are holding thousands of legally innocent people. The post Canada’s overcrowded jails full of...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Keystone XL greenhouse gas emissions higher than...
by: Obert Madondo Follow @Obiemad | Published Mon, Aug 11, 2014 Keystone Pipeline Handout A new study strongly suggests that U.S. State Department grossly underestimated the negative environmental...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Nova Scotia is not ready for fracking
An independent panel commissioned by the government of Nova Scotia to examine the impact of hydraulic fracturing has concluded that Nova Scotia is not read for fracking. The post Nova Scotia is not...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Climate damages litigation could cost Canadian oil...
A new study reveals that Canada’s oil and gas companies could be penalized billions of dollars for their contribution to climate change. The post Climate damages litigation could cost Canadian oil...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: In Canada, gender inequality has persisted or...
A new study says gender inequality in Canada has persisted or worsened in critical areas such as violence against women, women’s economic security, and the human rights of Aboriginal women and girls....
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: To limit global warming, 85% of Canada’s tar sands...
A new study published in the scientific journal Nature says 85% of Canada’s dirty tar sands must “remain in the ground” to limit global warming. The post To limit global warming, 85% of Canada’s tar...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Ditch the expensive and risky F-35 fighter jet, Mr....
A new study accuses the Harper govern of mismanaging Canada’s defence procurement, recommends ditching planned purchase of expensive F-35 fighters jets. The post Ditch the expensive and risky F-35...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Canadians Prefer Proportional Representation Voting...
A new landmark new study - the left-leaning Broadbent Institute - Canadians want the new Liberal government to fulfill its 2015 election promise to reform Canada's anti-democratic voting system. The...
View ArticleWritings of J. Todd Ring: Cancer Treatments and Cures – Natural and...
Here’s a thorny, delicate, controversial subject – but then again, when have I ever been known to shy away from such things? Peoples’ lives and well-being are at stake. We cannot afford to be tepid,...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Trans-Pacific Partnership hides significant health...
Two new studies from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives find "significant risks and high public costs" Canada's health care system within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement....
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