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The Corporate Frankenstein Monster
Plundering, pillaging, and polluting the planet for profit Three decades ago, when I started sounding the alarm about the growth of corporate power, very few…
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The Age of Austerity
Despite austerity’s failure, politicians still won’t scrap it We are living in the “Age of Austerity” – or at least so says David Cameron, the…
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Hennessy’s Index: April 2013
Canada’s Pay Gap Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For…
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Social housing reality check: government’s own numbers reveal modest investment in new social housing
One of the more contentious issues regarding the BC government’s record concerns the issue of social housing. To hear Minister Rich Coleman tell it, BC’s…
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Closing the Loop: Zero Waste, GHG Emissions and Green Jobs in BC
Below is the summary for our latest Climate Justice Project report, Closing the Loop: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Green Jobs through Zero Waste in BC (I…
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New study calls for zero waste in BC; says recycling can’t solve our pollution problems
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) British Columbians are familiar with the three R’s approach to waste management: reduce, reuse and recycle. But…
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Closing the Loop
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Green Jobs Through Zero Waste in BC Attachments Closing the Loop: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Green Jobs…
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Fiscal Debate in Québec: Myth busting and flak
Some myths are just so hard to debunk. For instance, people in Québec generally assume that they are the most taxed in North America. IRIS…
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Work Life: Employee association, traditional union or new social order?
More and more we’re starting to hear how groups of precariously-employed workers are responding to the vagaries of the “new normal” labour market. From lower-skilled…
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The campaign to discredit BC Auditor General’s report on carbon neutrality
For months, vested interests in government and the private sector have known that a damning report was in the offing by BC’s outgoing Auditor General,…
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Carbon bubbles and fossil fuel divestment
About the authorMarc LeeMarc Lee is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Marc joined the CCPA’s British Columbia office in 1998,…
