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No change of course means painful and unnecessary cuts continue
(Vancouver) In spite of superficial changes, the 2003 BC Budget moves ahead with the government's plan of deep spending cuts, says the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
February 18, 2003 | BC Office
Olympics cannot be justified on economic grounds
(Vancouver) Hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics cannot be justified on economic grounds alone. That is one of the key findings of Olympic Costs and Benefits: A Cost-...
February 14, 2003 | BC Office
BC would have smaller deficits without tax and spending cuts, says CCPA
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the provincial government could spare British Columbians the pain of...
February 4, 2003 | BC Office
A Canadian action plan for Kyoto
The federal government's projected budget surplus of $8 billion for the current fiscal year should be rolled into an innovative Kyoto Investment and Transition Fund instead of being used to reduce...
January 27, 2003 | National Office, BC Office
CCPA researchers evaluate BC's health care restructuring
(Vancouver) The CCPA has published a policy brief called "Health care restructuring in BC." It considers the implications of the provincial government's plan for health care reorganization,...
January 24, 2003 | BC Office
Lower Mainland gets skewed share of income tax cut
(Vancouver) A new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that BC’s income tax cuts concentrated dollars in Greater...
January 21, 2003 | BC Office
Skewed distribution of financial assets driving growing wealth inequality across Canada, says new study
OTTAWA--Canadians may view their country as a land of opportunity, but it is also a land of deep and abiding inequality in its distribution of personal wealth. This is the key conclusion of Rags...
December 12, 2002 | National Office, BC Office
Raw log exports eliminating up to 1,500 jobs in BC
(Vancouver) The BC government is forfeiting hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in revenue by allowing a dramatic increase in raw log exports. An estimated 800 forestry jobs, or $162 million...
November 20, 2002 | BC Office
NAFTA and other trade agreements prevent adoption of independent industrial policy
(OTTAWA) International trade agreements and other market-driven reforms in recent years have stripped nation-states of many tools to implement the activist industrial policies needed to promote...
November 15, 2002 | National Office, BC Office
Larger investment in Canada's poorest needed
(OTTAWA) Social policy in Canada should go further to address the needs of Canada's poorest, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, titled Snakes and Ladders:...
October 31, 2002 | National Office, BC Office

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