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Can the federal Build Canada Homes program finally crack the nut of housing affordability?
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,…
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What is happening to public education in Manitoba?
School trustees are consulting with parents and stakeholders for this upcoming year’s school budgets while they seem to be under attack by the provincial government.…
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Public health beyond the anthropocene
About the authorsAlex PatersonCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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Inside job: How BC Hydro customers wound up bankrolling private power companies
The chickens have finally come home to roost on the previous BC government’s private power giveaway. The just-released provincial report by Ken Davidson on the…
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Targeted investments needed to future-proof Canada’s automotive sector: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A new report out today from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds that maintaining the competitiveness of Canada’s important…
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The Future of the Canadian Auto Industry
Download 875.86 KB43 pages This study finds that to maintain the competitiveness of Canada’s important automotive sector in a rapidly changing industry requires decisive action…
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How clean is a BC that subsidizes accelerated fossil fuel extraction?
When the provincial government unveiled its new climate plan late last year, Environment Minister George Heyman, Green Party leader Andrew Weaver and Premier John Horgan…
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Goin’ slow: BC Budget fails to make meaningful investments in climate action
The BC government’s new climate plan, CleanBC, was released in December 2018 to great fanfare. The plan, as we noted back then, is progress after many…
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Honk if you’re stuck and stressed
About the authorTrish HennessyTrish is the Director of the Think Upstream project and a senior communications strategist with the CCPA National Office. She is focused…
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False advertising by the Alberta government and oil lobby
As an Alberta-born and -raised earth scientist who has made a career studying fossil fuels and energy issues, I am dismayed at the bombardment of…
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Hot sheet: News coverage in a warming world
About the authorRóisín WestRóisín (they/she) is the Senior Editor of the Monitor and Behind the Numbers. They write about disability and accessibility, civic engagement, and…
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Nine things to know about BC Budget 2019
BC Budget 2019 delivers modest new investments in two key areas—poverty reduction and climate action—and maintains momentum on other files that implement the ambitious investments…
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Budget 2019: Positive investments, but room for more
VICTORIA—A new, more generous child benefit for children under 18, funding the CleanBC climate plan and capital investments in infrastructure around the province are positive…
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