Recent Research
When Bill 11 passed in December 2025, Alberta became the first province to legislate two-tier health care — a system that gives faster access to those who can pay and longer waits for those who can’t afford to jump the queue — for medically necessary services. This report shows how the Health Statutes Amendment Act puts Canadian medicare at risk and opens the door for American health insurance corporations to enter the Canadian market.
Alberta’s Union Advantage
Wages, Equity, and the Power of Collective Bargaining
Despite years of conservative governments undermining labour rights and restricting collective bargaining, the union wage advantage — the gap between average earnings of unionized and non-unionized workers — remains strong in Alberta. This report draws on new data to show how unionization strengthens wages and benefits while promoting fairness for women, immigrants, and precarious workers across the province.
Recent Blog Posts
We Are the Economy
How the Carney Government Is Failing to Meet the Moment
Extractive corporations and the wealthy were the clear winners in the recent federal budget, with struggling Canadians and the environment sitting squarely on the losers' side. But Carney could’ve chosen a different path — one that is centred on the well-being of people and our one and only planet.
Poisoning Labour Relations
The Consequences of Alberta’s Teachers’ Back-to-Work Legislation
With teachers having been legislated back to the classroom and schools now operating as usual, it is important to see the Back to School Act, and its use of the notwithstanding clause, in its broader context and talk about the consequences of its passage on workers, unions, and labour relations in Alberta and Canada.
The drug-poisoning crisis in Alberta continues unabated, after nearly a decade of record numbers of deaths. Fatalities are the most tragic and visible consequence, but the prevalence of a toxic drug supply also creates ripple effects that impact families, communities, and the health-care workers who seek to mitigate harm, provide care, save lives, and assist the grieving.