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University students more than repay tuition costs through taxes after graduation
Our new study released today shows that BC university graduates fully repay the cost of their tuition through taxes after graduation. University graduates in most cases earn more than those...
January 24, 2012 | BC Office
Tickets on sale for CCPA-BC 15th Anniversary Gala with Bill McKibben, March 26
We're thrilled to announce that this year's BC fundraiser gala will feature Bill McKibben, author and climate justice activist extraordinaire, most recently in the news for his...
January 19, 2012 | BC Office
Premiers meet to talk health care: it's time for leadership and vision
As Canada's premiers gather in Victoria today and tomorrow to discuss the future of health care, a new study from the CCPA-BC calls for a system-wide, integrated approach to health care reform....
January 15, 2012 | BC Office
Fracking for shale gas in BC
Today we released a report on "fracking" In northeastern BC: a controversial process that gas companies are using to extract natural gas from deeply buried shale formations. The provincial...
November 9, 2011 | BC Office
Hat Tip: The Columbia Institute
A great many individuals and organizations help make the CCPA-BC tick. But we are especially grateful for the support of one of our key partners, the Columbia Institute. In addition to...
November 3, 2011 | BC Office
BC energy policies need a retrofit to conserve electricity without increasing inequality
A new study from the BC Office calls for a more fair and effective approach to residential energy efficiency in BC as part of an aggressive climate action framework. We recommend protecting low-...
September 27, 2011 | BC Office
The cost of poverty in BC is way too high
Iglika Ivanova did the math: it costs less to reduce poverty than to allow it to continue and pay for the consequences: poor health, lower literacy, poor school performance for children, more...
July 13, 2011 | BC Office
Remaining Light screening kit available
A screening kit for The...
June 30, 2011 | BC Office
Watch CTV story on BC's unfair tax system
CTV-BC's Jon Woodward put together this story on our latest report, BC's Regressive Tax Shift. Check it out on the CTV site:...
June 29, 2011 | BC Office
BC's unfair tax system means wealthy pay lower tax rate
Today the CCPA-BC released a new report that reveals how ten years of tax cuts and changes have created an unfair system in which the wealthy pay lower taxes and the public treasury is starved for...
June 27, 2011 | BC Office
BC's poverty rate still highest in Canada
Statistics Canada released a report today on incomes across Canada in 2009. As First Call BC points out in their news release, key points for BC include:...
June 15, 2011 | BC Office
BC Commentary on the HST
In the lead up to the provincial referendum, our Spring/Summer issue of BC Commentary takes a closer look at the HST. Check it out...
June 8, 2011 | BC Office
Vancity now a living wage employer
Great news! Vancity Credit Union has announced that it is now officially a living wage employer, committed to paying its employees a living wage, as calculated by the CCPA. In Vancouver in 2011,...
June 1, 2011 | BC Office
Transforming transportation will reduce GHGs and improve everyone's quality of life
Today we co-published a study with the Wilderness Committee that sets out key strategies for urban, suburban and rural areas that will improve transportation and quality of life at the same time...
April 18, 2011 | BC Office
Living Wage 2011: how much does a family need to earn?
CCPA-BC has just published Working for a Living Wage 2011, which shows that the living wage for Vancouver in 2011 is $18.81 an hour, up from $18.17 last year, and far higher than the $10.25...
March 21, 2011 | BC Office
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