Lessons from COVID-19 Towards Urgent Climate Action in Canada
On March 19 we combatted the heaviness of climate work with hope through an insightful and energizing online workshop led by Julia Sterling.
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On the Periphery
Canadians expect a strong health care system, but a shortage of professionals poses a challenge. Canada must increasingly depend on internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs) to sustain quality and effectiveness. Mansoureh (Suri) Ebrahimi’s report explores the barriers and discrimination that IHEPs face, even while Canada’s healthcare system will inevitably rely upon these workers.
CPJ Joins Calls for a Federal Basic Income Framework
On September 25, CPJ Socio-Economic Policy Analyst Natalie Appleyard joined MP Leah Gazan and Senator Kim Pate in a press conference ahead of the House of Commons vote on Bill C-223: an Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income. Senator Pate is sponsoring a parallel bill in…
Help Shape the Canada Disability Benefit: Your Voice Matters
When the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) was announced in the 2024 federal budget, it got a lot of us excited. A survey by Angus Reid showed that a huge majority of Canadians—nine-in-ten—were on board with the idea. Even with all that enthusiasm, many people were skeptical about whether this benefit…
Canada’s Disposable Workforce
In this policy brief, Asvini Uthayakumaran delves into the oppressive labour conditions experienced by predominantly racialized temporary foreign workers (TFWs). These conditions are the result of two central features of the TFWP: (1) the denial of permanent immigration status and (2) the use of employer-tied/closed work permits. Both of these features work in tandem to deny migrant workers basic rights and keep them in the margins of Canadian society.
Calls to Action: Canada Disability Benefit Draft Regulations
Make the CDB What it was Meant to Be! Did you know that an estimated 16.8% of people with a disability in Canada live in poverty, compared to 9.3% of people without a disability? When the federal government passed legislation to create the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), there was a…
In the face of a health care crisis, Canada does and will continue to rely on Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals (IHEPs) to maintain its health care system—yet these are the...
📒The Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (@policyalternatives) is a crucial publication in the Canadian public policy sphere. Expert contributors from numerous sectors put forth...
What happens when a conversation about climate has a faithful foundation? Through our partner organization @faithforcreation, community members in Brandon, Manitoba shared how their faithful climate conversation turned into the...
NEW policy brief from CPJ calls on the federal government to address the rampant abuse of migrants in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)! In CPJ’s latest policy brief, "Canada's...