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December 19, 2023

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  • The post-pandemic future: More supportive housing for semi-independent seniors

    As our population ages, let’s rely less on long-term care and more on supportive housing:a cost-effective way for semi-independent seniors to live with dignity and…

    December 1, 2021
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    A flood of questions: As southern BC reels from epic flood, former provincial flood official says independent expert needs to investigate

    Work at British Columbia’s River Forecast Centre is a little like trench warfare, long stretches of waiting followed by heart-racing action.  As a fresh recruit…

    December 1, 2021
  • Province told in 2010 that too few employed at River Forecast Centre

    Horrific floods underscore need for increased capacity VANCOUVER — The BC government was clearly warned over a decade ago that staffing levels at its River…

    December 1, 2021
  • Can CleanBC reach its 2030 GHG target? A closer look at industrial emissions

    In the wake of negotiations in Glasgow to push forward global climate action, it is clear that rich countries and jurisdictions like BC are not…

    November 30, 2021
  • State of the City of Winnipeg’s Finances

    Download 456.08 KB8 pages The City of Winnipeg’s financial problems preceded both COVID and the cuts under the current provincial government. The State of the…

    November 30, 2021
  • Kid and parent holding hands, dark silhouettes

    Unchecked inequality is driving child poverty

    Take a guess: what year was Ontario richest? Was it 1945? 1967? 2002? The correct answer is 2019. That year, inflation-adjusted economic activity per person…

    November 28, 2021
  • LNG exports will doom BC’s emissions reduction goals

    When the provincial government announced its CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 on Oct. 25, conspicuously absent was any mention of BC’s LNG export aspirations, which will…

    November 26, 2021
  • Photo by Garth Lenz

    BC oil and gas royalty review seriously flawed without consideration of water

    Open letter to the provincial government As prospects grow for intensified gas extraction in our province, we applaud the provincial government’s decision to review British…

    November 25, 2021
  • Expansive aerial view of a pit mining project in Alberta's Oilsands near Fort McMurray.

    End fracking industry’s free ride with water; groups urge government to include water subsidies in gas royalty review

    VANCOUVER – Public health, public policy and environmental organizations say the government must expand its current review of the fracking industry’s low natural gas royalty…

    November 25, 2021
  • All across Canada, children are growing up in poverty

    We mapped out child poverty rates across Canada.

    November 24, 2021
  • Nova Scotia has the worst provincial child poverty reduction record over 30 years—shows the 2021 Report Card

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax, NS—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released the 2021 Report Card on Child and Family…

    November 24, 2021
  • Three children in blurry weather

    Un demi-million d’enfants grandissent en situation de pauvreté en Ontario, révèle un nouveau rapport

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT TORONTO—Un demi-million d’enfants grandissent en situation de pauvreté en Ontario, révèle un nouveau rapport publié par le Centre canadien…

    November 24, 2021
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