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December 19, 2023

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  • Ben Parfitt taking notes outside a new pellet-burning thermal electricity plant in Japan, north of the city of Sendai. Photo: Conservation North.

    Thanks for a great ride

    Twenty years ago, an insect attack of biblical proportions in British Columbia’s forests became a hot-button topic.  Thanks to unusually warm winters (guess why), mountain…

    April 26, 2024
  • Ecuadorians reject corporate courts in national referendums

    About the authorStuart TrewStuart serves as director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP), which pools the expertise of academic, labour and non-governmental…

    April 25, 2024
  • Are we spending enough on climate?

    About the authorHadrian Mertins-KirkwoodHadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) is a senior researcher and political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. His work focuses on federal…

    April 24, 2024
  • Are we spending enough on climate?

    About the authorHadrian Mertins-KirkwoodHadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) is a senior researcher and political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. His work focuses on federal…

    April 24, 2024
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    As wood pellet exports to Japan surge, BC’s primary forests feel the strain

    In the land of the rising sun, the light of a setting sun glints so brightly on the shiny metal piping of Renova’s Ishinomaki Hibarino…

    April 24, 2024
  • Genetically modified corn trade fight heats up in Mexico

    Key dates in the GM corn dispute Dec. 31, 2020: Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (commonly referred to as AMLO) announces in a decree…

    April 23, 2024
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    A Betrayal of Trust

    About the authorsLaura FunkRachel Antonia Dunsmore

    April 23, 2024
  • Fire in a pine forest

    Log it and burn it

    About the authorBen ParfittBen was a resource policy analyst at the CCPA-BC.

    April 23, 2024
  • Budget 2024: Has the government seen the light?

    About the authorKatherine ScottKatherine serves as the director for the CCPA’s gender equality and public policy work. She has worked in the community sector as…

    April 22, 2024
  • NDP budget starts reversing PC handouts for the rich

    About the authorJesse Hajer

    April 22, 2024
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    Will the capital gains tax change affect you? Only if you’re part of Canada’s 0.13 per cent.

    About the authorDavid MacdonaldDavid joined the CCPA as its Senior Ottawa Economist in 2011, although he has been a long time contributor as a research…

    April 19, 2024
  • Budget 2024 falls short in addressing Canada’s low-income housing crisis: Implications for Manitoba

    About the authorsShauna MacKinnonKirsten Bernas

    April 18, 2024
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