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    Sticker Shock: The impending cost of BC Hydro’s shift to private power developers – Ten years on

    In April 2007, the BC government’s energy policy was rapidly transforming the province’s electricity system from publicly owned to one operated in the interests of…

  • What the Just? Transitioning to a low carbon, good jobs economy

    For most working people, environmental concerns have historically been a bit like Harvey Dent—two faced. One face says that poisoned water supplies and changing weather…

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    Ontario PC convention: Will it shed light on Patrick Brown’s agenda?

    In 2015 Patrick Brown won the leadership of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives (PC) on a promise of party renewal and provincial change, but since then he…

  • Fast Facts: No Poverty Reduction Strategy in Speech from the Throne

    Tuesday morning, I received a phone call from a Make Poverty History Manitoba member. He lives on a disability benefit that provides him only $180…

  • Charting a path to $15/hour for all workers—and the road beyond

    CCPA-BC Submission to the Fair Wages Commission Download 10.68 MB10 pages In this submission to the BC Fair Wages Commission, the CCPA-BC highlights the urgency…

  • Time for a new social contract to eradicate child and family poverty in Nova Scotia

    The annual child and family poverty report card, published in partnership with Campaign 2000, is a reminder of how broken our social contract is, and…

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    BC needs an opioid action plan: An open letter to the government of BC

    CCPA-BC Director Seth Klein is a signatory to this open letter to the BC government calling for a provincial opioid action plan. The letter was…

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