Trish Hennessy

CBC/Radio-Canada: a trusted Canadian symbol - CCPA Like many of us, I grew up with the CBC as a daily and vital part of my life.

From the summer edition of The Monitor. A snapshot of how many Canadians feel about the CBC. By @trishhennessy.ca @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Canada should build public cloud infrastructure rather than relying on U.S. tech giants - CCPA During the 2025 election campaign, prime minister Mark Carney made a striking admission about Canada’s dependence on U.S. tech companies. The Canadian government was in the process of choosing a partn...

Canada needs to reduce its dependence on US tech companies — and cloud infrastructure is a perfect place to start.

For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.

The Monitor – Summer 2025 - CCPA These days, there are many reminders to hold on to this one precious thing: our democracy. Not just ticking a box at election time, but working in between elections to protect the systems in place to ...

The Summer 2025 edition of the Monitor of now online!! Read it here!! @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Is the sun setting—or rising—on the CBC? - CCPA I was only a few years into my journalism career when the future began to visit the present. Newspapers were going through a hard time, and the layoffs were just starting.

New from the summer edition of the Monitor @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Gender equality was sidelined during the election. It’s time for a reset - CCPA The Liberal Party’s election win caps a remarkable reversal in its fortunes over a few short months, with Canadians placing their bet on leader Mark Carney to confront and contain American threats to ...

Election 2025 is done and women lost. The Liberals jettisoned the feminist cause to pivot from the Trudeau record; the CPCs harped on about "woke ideology". The needs and aspirations of women didn’t factor in at all. A blog. bit.ly/4m09XeZ

Canada’s murky North American future - CCPA USMCA “was actually very effective, and it’s still very effective” People “haven’t followed it” (yeah, we know) It was “a transitional step a little bit” It “terminates very shortly” It “gets renegoti...

We didn't learn much from Mark Carney's widely publicized meeting with Trump this week. What does the future of North American economic integration look like? By Stuart Trew @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social #cdnecon
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An Overview of BC’s Provincial Budget — Coastal Front An overview and report on the state of BC’s 2025 Budget, as well as the spirited, diverse discussion over what it entails.

For @marclee.bsky.social, senior economist with @policyalternatives.ca, #BC has the capacity to run deficits and support the taxpayer debt for now, while “keeping an eye on the US for the next 12-18 months.” #bcpoli www.coastalfront.ca/read/an-over...

Beyond “elbows up”—Our election post-mortem - CCPA It’s been an absolutely wild election. Polling predictions were a roller coaster, from a historic Conservative majority, to a Liberal majority, and everything in between. When we got off the roller co...

Our quick take on the election results and what comes next: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Hennessy’s Index: Proportional representation - CCPA In 2021, Fair Vote Canada marked the 100-year anniversary of politicians promising to move from first-past-the-post voting to proportional representation in Canada. (Dear reader: We are still waiting)...

It's been over a 100 years of politicians promising to move from first-past-the-post voting to proportional representation in Canada....don't hold your breath. We are still waiting. Read Hennessy's Index from the latest issue of the Monitor. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

It’s not enough to “buy Canadian”, we need to own it - CCPA The U.S. president is turning the world economy upside down, holding everyone hostage in the process. Canada’s position is especially precarious.  After decades of the U.S. pursuing a neoliberal agend...

We have a unique opportunity to embrace big alternatives to Trump’s tariff war—why aren’t we talking about that? By CCPA ED Peggy Nash @peggynash.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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If you value democracy, stop expecting free news - CCPA Last January’s panic over Meta overlord Mark Zuckerberg’s firing of Facebook fact checkers once again revealed a sense of entitlement among many Canadian users who sanctimoniously posted that they wer...

From the newest edition of the Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca: By Antonia Zerbisias www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

So far, the policy debate in #election2025 has been disappointing to say the least. There is so much to be talking about. Canadians deserve better - from my colleagues at the
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What if we stop knowing what’s true from what isn’t? - CCPA “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”—George Orwell, 1984.

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Finland’s education system emphasizes critical thinking. Canada should move quickly to do the same. Without it, our very democracy is at risk.’ @trishhennessy.ca @policyalternatives.ca

The rise of zany conspiracy theory politics - CCPA British Columbia has long had a reputation as Canada’s most progressive province.

"...[As] traditional media outlets are in decline and journalists struggle to vet candidates for public office...people from these obscure Facebook Groups...[are]...building political power and running for office." By @lukelebrun.ca @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

A unique provincial organisation in #BC, the @bcibinc.bsky.social, uses a community benefits agreement to help workers land good jobs in construction. See highlights from the new @policyalternatives.ca report about it! #canlab 3/3

Platform Crunch: CBC funding is a wedge issue in Canada’s federal election - CCPA The average per capita public funding of public service broadcasters in the other 18 countries was $78.76 in 2022. Public funding in Canada for CBC/Radio-Canada was $32.43—just 41 per cent of the inte...

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'across the board, regardless of region, the public broadcaster was seen as integral to the Canadian identity—especially in light of Trump’s threats.' @policyalternatives.ca @trishhennessy.ca

Canada’s secret weapon in U.S. trade war? Trump’s billionaire backers - CCPA Donald Trump’s first presidency was marked by an open-door policy for billionaires seeking favourable policies. His second term promises a deeper entrenchment of oligarchic power.

New from @policyalternatives.ca: Canada should be targeting American oligarchs—especially those with direct connection to the Trump administration—with economic sanctions. By Sondos Kataite #CanadaUSTradeWar
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Truth

Yes, you are right. It's not new.

Yes but we must call it out at every moment

Strongly agree

This edition of the Monitor magazine was a labour of love—love of democracy, love of Canadian sovereignty. Elbows up!

Tax and cash transfer promises are flying fast and furious in this federal #election. I’ve been modelling them all and here are the average impacts for NDP, CPC and Liberals by deciles of pre-tax income. @policyalternatives.ca 🧵👇👇👇 for by program and poverty amounts.

Platform Crunch: Comparing all parties’ tax cut and cash transfers promises - CCPA Earlier in the week, the Liberals came out with a promise to cut the lowest federal personal income tax rate from 15 per cent to 14 per cent and also cut the value of tax credits to match.

New from @policyalternatives.ca: How the parties’ tax cut and cash transfers promises compare. By @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #cdnpoli #federalelection www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

News deprivation | CCPA The last 16 years have not been kind to local news outlets in Canada. Now 2.5 million Canadians don’t have access to local news. That’s a problem for our democracy.

New @policyalternatives.ca report shows local news access declining in Canada as the threat of disinformation grows. Today nearly 2.5 million Canadians live in a postal code with no local news outlet—double the proportion in 2008. Yet, there are solutions! ➡️

Charting a path in uncertain times - CCPA We live in increasingly unsettling times. Two world orders are chafing against each other: the rules-based international order, however imperfect, and the emerging strong man, power brokerage order. T...

This is happy news: Peggy Nash is now the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' (CCPA) executive director! Here's her first blog post with us www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Mark Carney’s Values: What his 2021 book reveals about the leader he might be - CCPA It’s fair to say that Mark Carney’s 2021 book, Values: Building a Better World for All, was his early application to be prime minister. Values covers a wide swath of economic history and philosophy, a...

New from @policyalternatives.ca: Mark Carney’s 2021 book could be called his early application to be prime minister. What does it say about him as a leader? By @marclee.bsky.social #cdnpoli
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Join the CCPA SK for a conversation with Nora Loreta and Jeet Heer Enjoy an evening of conversation, cocktails, networking, and a stroll through the garden.

Join CCPA Saskatchewan for a conversation with Nora Loreto and Jeet Heer! Enjoy an evening of conversation, cocktails, networking, and a stroll through the garden. @nolore.bsky.social @jeetheer.bsky.social @simonenoch.bsky.social Tria Donaldson. Details here ➡️ www.eventbrite.ca/e/join-the-c...