Director, CCPA National Office
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Erika Shaker
“I think it’s great to draw attention to our underinvestment in young people, but I’m not sure this competitive frame serves us well.” -- @kjscott.bsky.social
“For God’s sake, as a rich society, let’s pay for it. Why do we have to cut other people?” -- John Stapleton
www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/06/12/a...
“I’d rather the conversation was more pointedly focused on the haves and have nots, and what we can be doing better to make sure that everyone can participate in the economy" @kjscott.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
www.ipolitics.ca/2026/06/14/c... “During his appearance in Dublin, Carney suggested “the ‘strands’ of a new world order could be woven’ at this year’s summit…”
'The path forward is straightforward: designate the relevant obligations as directives, table the costs before Parliament, and establish a standing annual appropriation. No new legislation required.'
Erika Shaker
‘This is a risky gamble that contradicts hopes of lessening our dependence on America and forging a more independent Canada.’
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'The mandate costs that have accumulated on Canada Post’s balance sheet are..the predictable consequence of a public obligation that was never properly funded. The legal instrument to address that problem has been in the CPC Act since 1981'
Erika Shaker
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'surveillance pricing should not be understood as a stand-alone technology, but as the acceleration of the existing centralization of market power and of practices of data surveillance' @policyalternatives.ca
