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Energy giant Drax’s monopoly of BC’s wood pellet industry must be investigated, union, conservation and public policy groups demand
VANCOUVER — The company operating the world’s largest wood-fired thermal electricity plant has too much control of British Columbia’s wood pellet industry and must be…
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Why increasing government spending makes economic sense
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Fast Facts: Financing Education in Manitoba: Equity, Adequacy and Innovation
Historically in Canada[1], education was seen as a private good. Parents paid most of the fees and school for most kids ended by about grade…
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Economic recovery for whom? For all the talk of recovery, many women and gender-diverse people are still struggling
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Higher-density development solution for housing affordability and climate change, new report
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Upzoning Metro Vancouver’s Low-density Neighbourhoods for Housing Affordability
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Upzoning and housing affordability
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Ontario’s rosy revenue picture isn’t helping public services
If new revenues go to tax cuts, not public services, we will all pay the price
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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
Download 3.17 MB16 pages Celebrating 25 years of the CCPA-BC BC is subsidizing logging for pulp and pellet mills CCPA in the news in 2021…
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Latest oil boom no boon for workers nor the climate
We must ensure high oil prices today translate into green jobs and a clean economy tomorrow
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Modernizing BC’s Oil and Gas Royalty Regime to Tackle Climate Change
In 2021, BC got a full serving of extreme weather events due to global warming. It is clear that the BC government must speed up…
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CCPA Manitoba welcoming new Senior Researcher Niall Harney
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba office is pleased to announce the appointment of Niall Harney as the Errol Black Chair of Labour…
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