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CCPA updates BC tax cut distribution, looks at how costs are being shifted to individuals and families
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has updated its analysis of who got how much from BC’s income tax cuts, and how tax increases and new costs for services are impacting...
April 21, 2005 | BC Office
Show us the numbers: CCPA says government’s response to long-term care study not good enough
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is calling on the provincial government to provide a detailed accounting of continuing care services in BC that includes a breakdown of...
April 6, 2005 | BC Office
Long-term care and home health services in BC on steady decline
(Vancouver) Access to long-term care and home health services for BC seniors has decreased significantly over the past three years, in spite of rising pressures from an aging population and cuts...
April 4, 2005 | BC Office
Provincial budget fails to address BC's social deficits
(Vancouver) The provincial government’s pre-election budget, tabled today, fails to address BC’s social deficits, according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
February 15, 2005 | BC Office
Surplus should be reinvested in people and communities
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the priority for this year’s provincial budget should be reinvestment in people and communities. “The government is set to finish the...
February 7, 2005 | BC Office
Inequality on the rise in BC
(Vancouver) BC's rich got richer and our poor got poorer, according to a new report on inequality. And that is before the sweeping policy changes undertaken by the current provincial government....
December 22, 2004 | BC Office
Provincial policies make working life tougher for women
(Vancouver) The combination of cuts to public services and weakened employment standards in BC has hit women especially hard, according to a new study that examines the impact of recent government...
December 9, 2004 | BC Office
Tuition freeze not to blame for funding crunch
(Vancouver) BC’s 6-year tuition freeze is not to blame for cost pressures in the post-secondary education system. During the freeze, which was in place from 1996/97 to 2001/02, real-per student...
November 18, 2004 | BC Office
Women paying price of legal services cutbacks
(Vancouver) As a result of legal aid cuts women are losing custody of their children, giving up valid legal rights to support, and being subjected to litigation harassment, according to a new...
September 25, 2004 | BC Office
Province ignores need for new social housing, diverts federal dollars to health care
(Vancouver) The provincial government is playing a shell game with social housing in BC, diverting $89 million in federal funds earmarked for new social housing into assisted living...
August 25, 2004 | BC Office

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