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BC

Environment & Sustainability

Province needs to focus on value-added forestry rather than LNG pipedream
With the BC government’s promise of tens of thousands of jobs in a new liquefied natural gas industry in tatters, the province’s long-neglected forest industry…
February 28, 2017
BC

Employment & Labour
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note
The Economy

How one company’s “value-added” plans are opening the door to more log exports and fewer forest industry jobs
Second of Two Parts For many years, TimberWest has exported more raw logs from British Columbia than all of its competitors save one. And a…
February 27, 2017
BC

Employment & Labour
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note
The Economy

The Great Log Export Drain: BC government pursues elusive LNG dreams as more than 3,600 forest industry jobs lost to raw log exports
First of Two Parts Its members include the most powerful players in the province’s forest industry, companies that do the vast majority of all logging…
February 27, 2017
National Office

Alberta
Income & Wealth Inequality
News & Commentary

Poverty Reduction in Alberta
Here are 10 things to know: Since taking office in 2015, the NDP government of Premier Notley has undertaken important steps that will almost certainly…
February 27, 2017
BC

Environment & Sustainability
News Release

It’s time for the BC government to curb raw log exports and boost value-added forestry jobs, say unions and environmental groups
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Between 2013 and 2016, more raw logs were shipped from BC than during any other four-year period…
February 27, 2017
BC

Environment & Sustainability
Reports

The Great Log Export Drain
Download 128.35 KB9 pages This short two-part report shows that between 2013 and 2016, more raw logs were shipped from BC than during any other…
February 27, 2017
BC

Income & Wealth Inequality
News & Commentary

A BC poverty reduction plan is long overdue
As the BC government prepares to table its budget on February 21 and political parties try to convince British Columbians to vote for them in…
February 23, 2017
BC

Policy Note
Provincial Budgets

Highlights from BC Budget 2017
The 2017 BC Budget was just released; here’s our analysis so far: MSP goes down for families with income under $120,000 MSP premiums are going…
February 21, 2017
BC

Policy Note
Provincial Budgets
The Economy

What you need to know about the provincial debt
One of the more memorable promises Premier Clark made in the last election was the one of a debt-free BC (in 20 years or so).…
February 21, 2017

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