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Water Matters: watch Ben Parfitt on Voice of BC
CCPA-BC Resource Policy Analyst Ben Parfitt has been researching issues related to water and natural gas for years, and he's a dynamic and passionate speaker on the topic. He recently appeared on...
December 6, 2010 | BC Office
Rebuilding BC's legal aid system: a rights-based approach
Our new study on legal aid in BC explores the impact of cuts to the system and proposes a new rights-based approach that would cut both economic and social costs. Listen to interviews with the...
November 9, 2010 | BC Office
BC's food system could use some climate justice attention
Check out our latest Climate Justice Project discussion paper in which authors Marc Lee, Herb Barbolet, Tegan Adams and Matt Thomson recommend the BC government take a serious look at our food...
November 2, 2010 | BC Office
Sshhh. It's an election.
Speech rights are one of our most precious freedoms, and never are they more vital than during an election. Yet in the lead-up to the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia, a significant...
October 5, 2010 | BC Office
Green jobs key to climate strategy and equality
Today the CCPA released a new report by Marc Lee and Ken Carlaw that looks at industrial and employment strategies the BC government can use to transition to a sustainable economy and create a...
September 30, 2010 | BC Office
What's really happening with social housing in BC?
Despite many recent announcements from the provincial government (over 100 housing-related news releases in the last year), BC continues to face a serious lack of affordable housing. We partnered...
September 13, 2010 | BC Office
CCPA's YouTube Channel is Canada's number one non-profit channel
How exciting to see the little gold ribbons on our YouTube homepage! The CCPA's YouTube channel...
August 30, 2010 | National Office, BC Office
Reflections on the Tamil migrants from the child of "queue-jumping" asylum seekers
Many of us at the CCPA have been troubled by Canada's reaction to the arrival of 492 Tamil asylum seekers on the MV Sun Sea. Seth Klein, Director of our BC Office, put words to this discomfort in...
August 23, 2010 | National Office, BC Office
Apply now for the Next Up youth leadership program
Applications are now being accepted for the fourth year of...
July 29, 2010 | BC Office
Meaningful training programs for welfare recipients
Check out the new paper by CCPA-BC research associate Shauna Butterwick: ...
July 26, 2010 | BC Office

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