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After many years of inaction, BC needs a new climate plan. The previous government’s August 2016 Climate “Leadership” Plan was more than a disappointment. Not…
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Exercising Choice in Long-Term Residential Care
Download 851.23 KB 128 pages “Our research indicates that strategies intended to support choices for long-term care residents must be based on the understanding that care is…
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Freeze to Squeeze
Higher tuition puts pressure on Manitoba Families Governments have often turned to investments in higher education to generate hope and opportunity for young people and…
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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/policynote_fall2017_carbontax_20year.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policynote_fall2017_carbontax_20year-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policynote_fall2017_carbontax_20year-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px” />Climate justice and the BC carbon tax: 20th Anniversary retrospective
BC’s carbon tax was announced in February 2008, a year after the landmark February 2007 Throne Speech that focused extensively on climate change. That set…
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Canada’s population is changing but income inequality remains a problem
New 2016 Census data shows an increasing share of the population comprises racialized, immigrant, and Indigenous people in Canada but the income gap between them…
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Senator Murray Sinclair: The truth is hard. Reconciliation is harder.
BC Office 20th Anniversary Gala keynote Download Senator Sinclair’s slide presentation here.
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Five steps BC needs to take to begin building a universal, affordable, quality child care system
There’s no question that BC’s fragmented patchwork of child care programs with exorbitant prices, inadequate spaces and inconsistent quality fails to meet the needs of…
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CETA or sustainable growth: it’s time to choose
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Fast Facts: Income Security to End Poverty in Manitoba
Income security programs in Manitoba and Canada are not keeping pace with the growing problem of poverty. Change is needed to ensure low income and…
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