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General
Policy Memo

Memo: Alberta’s Budget 2025 Consultation

Our recommendations address the following areas: supporting more families with child care costs, expanding support for independent education, reviewing post-secondary education funding to better serve working-class Albertans, redirecting gambling revenues to addiction relief programs, limiting the expansion of online gambling, increasing investments in palliative care for adults and children, and promoting employment for people with criminal records.

Andreae Sennyah

January 11, 2025

Work & Economics
Research Report

The Frustration of Canada’s Over-Credentialed Working Class

More than half of those in working-class jobs are overqualified for the work they do.

Renze Nauta Sean Speer

October 10, 2024

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Work & Economics
Policy Brief

Conscientious Objection and Labour Law in Canada

Conscientious Objection and Labour Law in Canada

Brian Dijkema

June 1, 2024

Work & Economics
Research Report

Humanizing Criminal Records

Toward a View of the Whole Human Person

Renze Nauta

November 23, 2023

Work & Economics
Research Report

Curbing Crime with Employment

Exploring Work as Crime Prevention for Canadians with Criminal Records

Renze Nauta

June 13, 2023

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Work & Economics
Policy Memo

Memo: Cardus Submission to Parliamentary Committee on Bill C-22: Canada Disability Benefit Act

As the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities considers Bill C-22, Cardus encourages the committee to design the Canada Disability Benefit with a bias toward facilitating access to work for people with disabilities, while ensuring those who are unable to work receive a living wage.

Brian Dijkema Renze Nauta Andreae Sennyah

December 1, 2022

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Work & Economics
Research Report

Canada’s New Working Class

Canada’s New Working Class offers leaders a contemporary, modern understanding of the 6.5 million Canadians who are in the working class. One key finding is that members of Canada’s working class are as likely to be women or recent immigrants in sales or service jobs as they are to be men doing blue-collar, mostly unionized, manufacturing work. Canada's New Working Class busts stereotypes and outlines a true, inclusive working-class agenda.

Sean Speer Sosina Bezu Renze Nauta

September 29, 2022

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Work & Economics
Research Report

Economic Reconciliation

How Have Indigenous Peoples in Canada Fared Since 2008?

Johanna Lewis N.T. Khuong Truong

September 15, 2022

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General
Policy Memo

Policy Priorities for Ontario’s 2022 Election

In the lead-up to Ontario’s 2022 election, we are sharing our existing research with everyone equally and seek to collaborate with all people of goodwill.

Andreae Sennyah

April 26, 2022