Trish Hennessy

Trish Hennessy

@trishhennessy.ca

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: policyalternatives.ca. Editor, Monitor magazine. Income inequality, health equity, workers' rights, public services, inclusive economy, fair taxation.

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I'm thrilled to share this essential start up pack for Canadian progressive think tank people--including the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' thought leaders. Please follow and share widely! And if we're missing someone, please let us know.

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Welcome new followers! We're so glad you're here with us! Thank you to the many people who have included the CCPA in their Starter Packs. Here's ours go.bsky.app/TYuVu7X

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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉
@alonghurst.bsky.social

My latest analysis: Alberta's US-style health care laws are likely to significantly increase business and employer health care costs—just as private health insurance drives up business costs in the US #abpoli #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

policyalternatives.caAlberta’s U.S.-style health care reforms will increase costs for businesses | CCPAThe benefits of single-payer medicare are undeniable. Alberta’s reforms upend the economic benefits of public health insurance

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In the latest issue of the Monitor, Lindsay Wiginton of the Resource Movement calls for radical solidarity and attempting to reframe taxes as a civic duty and a source of pride. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

policyalternatives.caThe $1 trillion question: Why we are asking you to tax our inheritance - CCPAAn estimated $1 trillion is moving from the bank accounts and real estate portfolios of the Baby Boomers into the hands of their children.

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As competition for water peaks during hot summers, @policyalternatives.ca researcher @hadrianmk.bsky.social called for developers to disclose their water use “not on an annual basis, which is misleading, but on a peak basis.” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/23/i...

nationalobserver.comThree quarters of data centre sites planned in Alberta are in high water stress areasCanada’s National Observer analyzed the locations of 38 data centre campuses proposed in the province, and found that three quarters of them are in regions where water use is already in shorter supply...

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Luke LeBrun
@lukelebrun.ca

"The system's power comes not from its truth, but from everyone's willingness to perform as if it were true, and its fragility comes from the same source. When even one person stops performing, when the greengrocer removes his sign, the illusion begins to crack" - Mark Carney

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social

My statement on Iran-related hostilities in the Middle East:

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BC's Finance Minister says "this is not an austerity budget." Let's look at the numbers and see for ourselves. By @marclee.bsky.social and @alonghurst.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

policyalternatives.caB.C. budget’s hidden austerity and tax increases put fiscal burden on low-income households - CCPABC's Finance Minister says "this is not an austerity budget." Let's look at the numbers and see for ourselves.

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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉
@alonghurst.bsky.social

I'll be in #BCpoli Budget 2026 lock-up with @marclee.bsky.social I'll be watching all things health care, including primary care BC is spending big on its new family doc model, but it's not delivering Will we see a pivot to Community Health Centres? www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

policyalternatives.caBC residents have shrinking access to family doctors, despite more doctors - CCPAPrimary care access is declining in BC. With a new provincial budget on the way, how has spending on doctors affected it?

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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉
@alonghurst.bsky.social

Instead of a typical BC throne speech, it was dedicated to the victims of the Tumbler Ridge shooting The BC budget drops Tuesday I’ll be in the budget lock up with @marclee.bsky.social We’ll have complete budget analysis, including health care and social spending www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

cbc.caB.C. throne speech dedicated to victims, community of Tumbler RidgeBritish Columbia Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia opened a new session of the legislature on Thursday with a speech from the throne dedicated to the people of Tumbler Ridge, saying that they are 'suffering unim...

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David Macdonald
@davidmaccdn.bsky.social

We just put up the application for this summer's progressive economics fellowship. Its a paid 4 month term to work with me at @policyalternatives.ca and 100 other progressive policy experts to create this year's Alternative Federal Budget. Apply now: ccpa.bamboohr.com/careers/48

ccpa.bamboohr.comResearch Assistant - 4 Month TermResearch Assistant Research · Ottawa, Ontario The Organization: The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social, ...

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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉
@alonghurst.bsky.social

I’ll be on the Shaye Ganam Show (880 CHED in Edmonton and QR 770 in Calgary) at 1030am MT / 1230 ET Tune in to hear me discuss Alberta‘s new two-tier healthcare legislation, and what it means for the rest of Canada globalnews.ca/radio/880che... #abpoli #cdnpoli @policyalternatives.ca

globalnews.ca880 CHED - Edmonton Breaking News, Traffic, Weather and Sports Radio StationEdmonton Breaking News, Traffic, Weather and Sports Radio Station
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Bone chilling.

Omg. WTF is Happening?@lalahaenzy.bsky.social

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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@alonghurst.bsky.social

Medicine Hat News fact checked the AB govt's argument This article confirms, as does our report, that NB does not allow two-tier health care like #ABpoli “Physicians in the province either work in New Brunswick’s public health system...or they work privately" medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...

medicinehatnews.comDual practice means two-tier health: critics - Medicine Hat Newszmason@medicinehatnews.com Experts say Bill 11, the Health Statutes Amendments Act, represents the foundations for the first two-tier health-care system in Canada. Although the province says it is dra...

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Erika Shaker
@ershaker.bsky.social

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... ‘Industrial transformation and renewal is essential if Canada wants to weather Trump’s economic warfare. But we cannot afford to be so haphazard with public funds. Instead, we need a smarter industrial strategy.’ @policyalternatives.ca @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social

thestar.comLayoffs are another wound inflicted by Donald Trump. But this is how Canada can rebuild its industrial baseAmong the options are the government taking a stake in key industrial companies.

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Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget. By senior @policyalternatives.ca researcher @hadrianmk.bsky.social #budget2025 #cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...

nationalobserver.comOil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budgetThe budget makes clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way.

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#Budget2025 analysis from @policyalternatives.ca: Major military spending will come at a huge cost to vital public programs and services. Which parties will support the minority government on this one? By @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @hadrianmk.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

policyalternatives.caPost-election budget could plunge Canada into another federal election - CCPAWith so much on the line, the newly elected federal government has tabled a budget that, in many ways, could pass as a Conservative budget.

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Canada needs a new playbook to establish economic self-sufficiency, post-Trump. Renewable energy, value-added industries and investing in housing and the care economy are among the keys. Co-sponsored by @policyalternatives.ca & @futurework.org.au #cdnecon www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

policyalternatives.caElbows up: A practical program for Canadian sovereignty - CCPAA playbook for economic self-sufficiency. Because Canada can’t become a sovereign country by doing the same old things.

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In the newest edition of the Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca "Western Canadian politicians have not been mere spectators as the flames of western discontent have gathered strength... No, they are the arsonists." By @simonenoch.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

policyalternatives.caThe arsonists: The politicians stoking the fires of Western separatism - CCPAThe same federal government who alienated our oil and gas industry is now putting global food security at risk by attacking the hard working agriculture producers across western Canada with an arbitra...

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The Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca is now live! A prickly period of separatist sentiments in Alberta’s Wild Rose Country: Alberta is giving rise to a separatist movement. Why? And what lies ahead? This October 2025 Monitor looks into it.

policyalternatives.caThe Monitor – Fall 2025 - CCPAThese 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 ...
Trish Hennessy
@trishhennessy.ca

Ken Dryden = hockey icon. I met him once; he wanted our advice on income inequality and affordable child care. Super low key—like he hadn't processed that he was a Canadian icon. Glad he lived long enough to see $10-a-day child care implemented in Canada. He had an early hand in it.

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Paris Marx
@parismarx.com

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.

policyalternatives.caCanada should build public cloud infrastructure rather than relying on U.S. tech giants - CCPADuring 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...

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Katherine Scott
@kjscott.bsky.social

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

bit.lyGender equality was sidelined during the election. It’s time for a reset - CCPAThe 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 ...

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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 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

policyalternatives.caCanada’s murky North American future - CCPAUSMCA “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...

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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...

coastalfront.caAn Overview of BC’s Provincial Budget — Coastal FrontAn overview and report on the state of BC’s 2025 Budget, as well as the spirited, diverse discussion over what it entails.

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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...

policyalternatives.caHennessy’s Index: Proportional representation - CCPAIn 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)...
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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...

policyalternatives.caIt’s not enough to “buy Canadian”, we need to own it - CCPAThe 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...
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Canadian Anti-Hate Network@antihate.ca

“Leaders Debate Commission just told CBC’s David Cochrane that it was unaware that Rebel News founder Ezra Levant—accredited at the debate alongside four of his employees—is also the owner of ForCanada, a third party advertiser registered with Elections Canada” according to @lefthandstu.bsky.social

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

policyalternatives.caIf you value democracy, stop expecting free news - CCPALast 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...

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Katherine Scott
@kjscott.bsky.social

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 @ccpa

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This is a free trade election—but none of the parties have any serious policy when it comes to trade. By @whosestreets.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

policyalternatives.caElection debates are this week—here’s what leaders should be talking about - CCPAWhen the party leaders face off in the Radio-Canada building in Montreal on Wednesday for a French language debate—and then on Thursday in English—it will be the first time that they outline their pro...

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Erika Shaker
@ershaker.bsky.social

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

policyalternatives.caWhat 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.