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BC's water: time to stop giving it away for free
The largest industrial water users in BC pay little to nothing for the water they use, and in most cases are not even required to track or report what they use. The provincial government...
June 11, 2013 | BC Office
New fact sheets: health care, housing, social support for BC seniors
Our seniors care researcher Janine Farrell has created a series of fact sheets on issues for seniors in BC, distilling CCPA-BC research in this area into key points and suggested questions for...
April 18, 2013 | BC Office
BC's public sector: decades of cuts have done their damage
In BC, 20 years of cuts to the public sector have had serious consequences. A report released today by our BC office shows how an understaffed public sector (the smallest in Canada) has left...
April 9, 2013 | BC Office
Beyond the three R's: BC needs to plan for zero waste
Our newest study, co-published with the Wilderness Committee, shows how "zero waste" policies would protect BC's environment and climate and create jobs. Read the report and download the...
March 28, 2013 | BC Office
Deflating the "carbon bubble" through fossil fuel divestment
Between two-thirds and four-fifths of known fossil fuel reserves have been deemed to be "unburnable carbon" that cannot safely be combusted without leading to catastrophic climate change. ...
March 26, 2013 | National Office, BC Office
Fix our tax system. Improve quality of life. Reduce inequality.
BC has the lowest taxes in Canada, and it's not a good thing. We don't have the money we need for important public services, and at the same time, we haven't seen any economic benefit from a...
January 29, 2013 | BC Office
Joel Bakan to speak at the CCPA-BC Annual Gala March 2013
We're pleased to announce that author and filmmaker Joel Bakan will be the featured speaker at our Annual Gala....
January 10, 2013 | BC Office
Taxes: British Columbians are ready to talk
Popular wisdom seems to be that you can't talk about raising taxes: people just won't stand for it. But today we released poll results that suggest something a little different. The majority of...
November 29, 2012 | BC Office
BC's water and hydroelectricity: more fragile than we might think
It's easy to think of BC's water and hydro resources as limitless, especially in the rainy Lower Mainland. But our latest study examines the serious challenges facing these resources,...
November 15, 2012 | BC Office
Will BC break its own GHG emissions law?
In 2007 the BC government legislated targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), but just five years later, the province’s 2012 Natural Gas Strategy risks breaking that legislation. Our...
October 10, 2012 | BC Office

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