Following its formation, the centre began organizing conferences, publishing pamphlets, and producing booklets and reports created by volunteer researchers.

In an open letter, 400 academics called for a moratorium on the CCPA audit, claiming that it was an attempt by the Conservative Party of Canada government to "intimidate, muzzle and silence its critics".

[5] In 1994, the CCPA launched The Monitor, which continues to serve as the organization’s regularly-published flagship magazine that complies analyses conducted by their researchers and affiliates.

[6] An article by CCPA staff dated February 3, 2025 named "A dozen radical responses to Trump’s economic warfare that go beyond Canadian counter-tariffs", calls for Canada to consider various responses to threatened US tariffs against Canadian exports, including, "Repatriate U.S.-owned assets, especially in the resource industry.

As long as Trump wages economic war against Canada, American assets here should be considered forfeited.