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Economic benefits from coal mines overstated while vulnerable species rarely protected, new research shows
VANCOUVER—The promised economic benefits from coal mines in northeastern British Columbia (BC) are wildly overstated, while mining company pledges to protect vulnerable wildlife species are…
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Who Benefits from Caribou Decline
Download 2.02 MB48 pages This report looks at the promised economic benefits of coal mining projects in northeastern British Columbia and concludes that the jobs, tax…
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Work Life: Living Wage for Manitoba Update 2020 – Summary
CCPA MB puts out regular updates of the living wage in Manitoba, ensuring it reflects changes in the cost of living. Because the living wage…
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Who’s minding the shop at Site C?
Appointment of engineer with long-term ties to BC Hydro to be government’s “independent” advisor on dam’s construction raises vexing questions In 2011, his last year…
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Fast Facts: Humanitarian and Poverty COVID Crisis Looms
Open Letter to Province of Manitoba Below are the contents of an open letter sent to Premier Pallister and Minister of Families Heather Stefanson on…
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Towards a managed wind-down: the conversation we need to have
An enduring lesson from COVID-19 is that where there’s a will there’s a way. Faced with a pandemic, governments have risen to the challenge and…
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CCPA joins global campaign to #MakeAmazonPay
Amazon’s rise from online bookseller to trillion-dollar global logistics, internet, merchandising and entertainment behemoth was fast and ferocious. Behind the same-day deliveries and trend-setting television series…
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What federal leadership on long-term care standards should look like
As the COVID-19 pandemic second wave once again ravages long-term care homes in Canada, we must reckon with the obvious: it is time to set…
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Saskatchewan’s wasted energy (efficiency)
The Saskatchewan government often explains its approach to climate change policy as one of “balance,” concerned that any environmental regulations do not do undue harm…
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COVID-19 drug and vaccine patents are putting profit before people
About the authorsCCPA National OfficeRonald LabonteMira Jorhi
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Canadian standards for long-term care could right COVID-19 wrongs: Experts
TORONTO, VANCOUVER—Two veteran seniors care researchers have detailed federally mandated standards to reform long-term care amid a second wave of COVID-19 in a new discussion…
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