New from the CCPA
>Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:10:55 -0400 >Subject: New from the CCPA >From: "ccpa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mime-version: 1.0 >X-Priority: 3 > >April 18, 2000 > >NEW FROM THE CCPA > >Here is a selection of new publications from the Canadian Centre for >Policy Alternatives. Note that they do not, for the most part, include >new publications from our provincial offices. For a complete list of >our publications, please visit our web site. > > > >A REPORT CARD ON WOMEN AND POVERTY >By Monica Townson >(April 5, 2000 release) >Leading feminist economist and CCPA research associate Monica Townson >examines the state of poverty for women in Canada. She finds that almost >19% of adult women in Canada living in poverty, the highest rate in two >decades. Among her other findings: >o There has been virtually no improvement in poverty rates of women >since the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada issued its >report some 30 years ago. >o Fifty-six per cent of women heading single parent families have >incomes below the poverty line. >o Almost half of all women aged 65 or older have low incomes exactly >the same poverty rate as that reported by the Royal Commission for this >group in 1967. >o Most poor people live thousands of dollars below the poverty line. >Sole-support mothers average $9,000 below the low-income cut-off, while >older women on their own are about $3,000 below, on average. > >The Report Card can be downloaded from our web site: >http://www.policyalternatives.ca >Hard copy version is available for $10.00. >(Discounts for Bulk orders) > > > >FALLING BEHIND: THE STATE OF WORKING CANADA 2000 >(April 19 release) > >By Andrew Jackson and David Robinson >with Bob Baldwin and Cindy Wiggins > >Falling Behind is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference on the >state of working conditions and living standards available in Canada. > >This is the first of what will be annual publication. It charts major >trends in the economic and social well-being of Canadians: the labour >market, the social wage: the role of unions, inequality and poverty, >taxes, international comparisons etc. It is a valuable reference tool >for progressive researchers, policy-makers academics, media commentators >and activists. > >Copies of Falling Behind can be obtained as of from the CCPA for $19.95 >each (price includes shipping within North America, handling and GST >#124146473RT). > >It can be purchased (after April 19) directly from our web site: >http://www.policyalternatives.ca > >(Discounts available for bulk orders) > > > >A BETTER WAY: PUTTING THE NOVA SCOTIA DEFICIT IN PERSPECTIVE >(April 3, release) > >This is the inaugural publication of the nascent CCPA Nova Scotia >office. Produced by a team of researchers and policy analysts, its main >thrust is to demonstrate that program spending is not the cause of Nova >Scotia's deficit problems, and cuts to spending are not the solution. > >The biggest reasons for Nova Scotias continuing fiscal problems are: >weak economic growth over the past decade and the relatively greater >costs of federal spending cuts. While Nova Scotia has 3% of the Canadian >population, it took 15% of federal cuts. In addition, the increases in >Nova Scotia's "own-source" revenues were the third lowest among all >provinces between 1990 >and 1999. > >For more information, contact staff person, John Jacobs >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >"A Better Way: Putting Nova Scotia's Deficit in Perspective" and its >companion piece, "Choices for Nova Scotia's Future," can be downloaded >>from our web site: http://www.policyalternatives.ca >Hard copy version is available for $10.00. (Discounts for Bulk orders.) > > > >BRIEFING PAPER SERIES: TRADE AND INVESTMENT > >The third in this series is now available. "The Cartagena Biosafety >Protocol: Opportunities and Limitations," examines the recently >concluded international agreement on trade in genetically modified >products. The stronger-than-expected environmental protection signals a >small but important step away from the dominance of trade over >environment, human rights etc. Canada was a reluctant signatory; trade >policy remains the preserve of hard-line free trade proponents. The >author, Michelle Swenarchuk, is a lawyer with the Canadian Environmental >Law Association. > >Watch for the Scott Sinclair's briefing paper, An overview of the >General Agreement on Services (GATS) negotiation, currently in progress. >It will be available in early May. > >The
New From the CCPA
>Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 14:24:42 -0400 >From: Bruce Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Organization: CCPA >X-Accept-Language: en >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: New From the CCPA > > >October --1999 > >Dear members and friends of the CCPA > >From: Bruce Campbell, Executive Director > >This is the first of what will be regular update of new publications >from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. A lot of our material >can be freely downloaded from our web site. So check us out at: >http://www.policyalternatives.ca > >Also, feel free to contact me if you have any comments about our work. > >-- > >The World Trade Organization: A Citizens Guide > >by Steven Shrybman (CCPA/Lorimer) > > >The World Trade Organization is a global institution of staggering >power. With a membership of 135 countries and a mandate to administer >and enforce international trade agreements worldwide, it is not an >exaggeration to say that this organization constitutes a form of world >government. The WTO is using it is extraordinary powers to force >governments to modify public policies most often to conform to corporate >interests. Steven Shrybman offers an independent view of the WTO and how >it is using its powers in areas ranging from agriculture and environment >to labour and culture. > >World leaders meet in Seattle later this year to launch the so-called >millennium round of WTO negotiations. WTO: A Citizens Guide is a >timely and valuable resource for all who want to understand its profound >impacts on our lives. > >Copies of The World Trade Organization: A Citizens Guide can be >obtained from the CCPA for $19.95 each (price includes shipping within >North America, handling and GST #124146473RT). (Discounts available for >bulk orders) > > > >Ten Tax Myths > >by Murray Dobbin > >The high-powered campaign for tax cuts in Canada, mounted by big >business and relentlessly promoted by right-wing politicians, >think-tanks and the commercial media, is based on misleading data, >specious arguments, and outright falsehoods. That is the central finding >of best-selling author and activist Murray Dobbin, His report is >designed to expose and refute the prevalent tax myths and to provide the >facts about our tax system that its attackers conveniently ignore. "Ten >Tax Myths" will equip citizens with the information and analysis needed >to debunk these myths. > >Ten Tax Myths has been met by a predictably hostile response from the >tax cut lobby. For example Michael Walker of the Fraser Institute says: >"there is a superficial appeal to the analysis that does not stand up to >careful scrutiny." > >Ten Tax Myths can be downloaded for free from the CCPA web site at >http://www.policyalternatives.ca > >Hard copies are available for $10.00 each. (bulk orders are available >for $5.00 each plus shipping) > >Murray Dobbin is available to speak at conventions and conferences. > >-- > >The Future of Medicare: Recovering the Canada Health Act > >by Monique Begin > >According to former Federal Health Minister Monique Begin, the >growing privatization of Canada's health care system, government >under-funding, the de-listing of services, the imposition of >extra-charges and user fees, and the failure to enforce the Canada >Health Act are combining to erode Medicare in Canada. Now professor >emeritus at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Health Sciences, >Begin, the main architect of the 1984 Canada Health Act, analyzes and >documents the erosion of our public health care system. > >The Future of Medicare can be downloaded for free from the CCPA web >site. Hard copies are available for $10.00 each. (bulk orders are >available for $5.00 plus shipping) > > > >Out of Control: Canada in an Unstable Financial World > >edited by Brian K. MacLean (CCPA/Lorimer) > >Unless forceful measures are taken to regulate global financial >markets, the world is in danger of repeating, on an even larger >scale, the Asian financial crisis which shook the world economy in >1997-98. This is a central message of Out of Control Out of Control, >edited by Laurentian University economics professor Brian MacLean, >contains contributions from leading Canadian experts and commentators >who bring a range of perspectives and experience to this subject. They >include: Linda McQuaig, Jacques Parizeau, Douglas Peters, and Jim >Stanford. The authors explore the causes of financial market turmoil and >propose a variety of workable measures Canada can take to shield itself >from destabilizing internati
