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Love Those Deficits
As noted by Vaughn Palmer in the Vancouver Sun, it seems that all the political parties will benefit from Premier Campbell’s recent conversion to deficit…
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No full-time kindergarten this year
Kindergarten expansion in BC has officially been postponed to the indefinite future, reports Janet Steffenhagen on the Vancouver Sun’s education blog Report Card today, referring…
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The time is now for a legislated poverty reduction plan
200 community organizations & leaders to BC political parties CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT On February 5, the CCPA’s BC Office joined with…
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End subsidies to biofuel industry, think tank urges
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Canada’s federal and provincial governments should end their subsidies to the biofuel industry, says a new report by…
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Feed People First
How biofuels are contributing to global food shortages and price increases Download 212.25 KB10 pages About the authorEdward R. Boyle
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Fast Facts: The Need for Municipal Campaign Finance Reform
Download 494.6 KB 2 pages About the authorAndrew Donachuk
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Climate policy: contradiction #2
Speaking of BC climate policy contradictions that desperately need to be addressed (like I was doing here), wrap your head around this: our current policy…
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This is gonna hurt
Housing has been one of the major drivers of the BC economy in recent years. Low interest rates led to rising home prices and a…
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Climate policy: contradiction #1
I don’t know if BC’s current approach to climate change is ironic, paradoxical, or just plain crazy, but whatever it is, it is desperately in…
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Bridging the gap from poverty to independence
What is the role of the Canadian Food Banks? Download 731.33 KB 15 pages About the authorCandace Weimer
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BC blinks on running a deficit
Now that the federal budget is over, I’ve been girding myself for the Feb 17 BC budget. My concern to date has been bold statements…
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Low income leads to poorer mental health
Statistics Canada recently published an interesting study on the relationship between low income and poor mental health. The paper, titled “Income and Psychological Distress: the…
