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Big transportation investments needed now in Metro Vancouver: Budget 2018
In Metro Vancouver, as the region’s population has grown so has its congestion problems. Whether enduring a long wait to cross a bridge or get…
November 20, 2017
BC

Health Care
Housing & Homelessness
Income & Wages
Policy Note

Challenges persist: Community-based mental health in BC
In 2006, I wrote the report, “Community Based Mental Health in BC: Changes to Income, Employment and Housing Supports” to explain policy changes that had…
November 17, 2017
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BC

Policy Note
Provincial Budgets
Tax Policy
The Economy

Tackle inequality through tax fairness: BC Budget 2018
Over the past decade and a half, BC’s tax system has become remarkably unfair. CCPA analysis shows that personal tax changes between 2000 and 2016—including…
November 16, 2017
National Office

International

CCPA comments on the Omnitrax NAFTA lawsuit
Senior Trade Fellow Scott Sinclair, who directs the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project, spoke to CBC Manitoba’s Ismaila Alfa on November 14 about Omnitrax’s…
November 16, 2017
Manitoba

Government Finance

KPMG: Reasons to be skeptical of the advice they offer
It is curious that the Pallister government would have hired consulting firm KPMG to provide advice on how to manage the Province’s affairs. KPMG’s actions…
November 16, 2017
BC

Health Care
Policy Note
Provincial Budgets

BC’s health care system can only get stronger with the right investments: Budget 2018
Provincial health spending as a share of our economy has been relatively steady in recent years, and is projected to fall from 7.8 per cent…
November 14, 2017
National Office

News & Commentary
Post-Secondary Education

Long overdue: Taking a closer look at university library funding
As we continue to dig into university and college finances in Ontario, what becomes apparent is not only the change in revenue sources these institutions…
November 14, 2017
Manitoba

Law & Legal Issues
Reports

Justice Starts Here
A one-stop shop approach for achieving greater justice in Manitoba Download 1.71 MB120 pages Understanding unique access to justice challenges faced by specific groups highlights…
November 14, 2017
BC

Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Fracking & LNG
Indigenous Rights
Policy Note
The Economy

Drain it: Petronas subsidiary ordered to take action at two controversial fracking dams
The provincial government has ordered Progress Energy to drain virtually all of the water trapped behind two massive dams that the company built in violation…
November 10, 2017

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