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Brendan DeBrincat / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_aug2018_CommunityBenefit.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_aug2018_CommunityBenefit-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_aug2018_CommunityBenefit-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px” />Community Benefits Agreements add value to public infrastructure projects
The BC government recently announced that major new public infrastructure projects, such as the Pattullo Bridge, will be subject to a “Community Benefits Agreement.” The…
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The Petro State Lackey: How BC’s zest for natural gas fuels Alberta’s oil sands
In the past year, an energy dispute for the ages has played out in Canada, culminating in the federal government announcing that it will buy…
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Takver / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_aug2018_ProblemWithBCs.jpeg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_aug2018_ProblemWithBCs-300×133.jpeg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_aug2018_ProblemWithBCs-768×341.jpeg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px” />The problem with BC’s “clean growth” climate rhetoric
The BC government recently released three “intentions papers” on climate policy—transportation, buildings and industry—all wrapped in the term “clean growth.” In fact, the term “clean”…
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Planting perennials: In memory of Kate
Artwork by Karlene Harvey Kate McInturff came to work with us as a result of a very CCPA mashup of serendipity, optimism, and a leap…
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Submission to BC government and Climate Solutions and Clean Growth Advisory Council
Download 320.15 KB11 pages In its first year in power, the new BC government has increased the BC carbon tax and improved the carbon credit,…
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Born to Win
Wealth concentration in Canada since 1999 Download 719.37 KB29 pages There has been plenty of concern in Canada and around the world about income inequality,…
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Canadian dynasties richer than ever as wealth gap continues to widen: study
OTTAWA—Canada’s wealthiest family dynasties are more than 4,400 times richer than the average Canadian family and much more likely to keep that money in the…
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Love and spreadsheets
One of the most important revelations of my life came to me not when I was diagnosed with cancer three years ago. (From this I…
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