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Polling on taxes – response to a critic
On November 29, the CCPA released an opinion research study led by myself and Randy Galawan called Beyond the 1%: What British Columbians think about…
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Canadian pig industry: the need for change
In Canada, large industrial operations designed to raise hundreds to thousands of pigs in confinement have largely replaced the small, mixed farms that dominated the…
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Fast Facts: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
The 2012 State of the Inner City Report is titled Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges. We called it this because we believe it captures the essence…
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LCBO privatization doesn’t pass the breathalyzer test
If your province grappled with a $14 billion deficit, would you turn away $1.66 billion in guaranteed annual revenues to help pay the bills? Of…
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State of the BC Economy
As we close out 2012, BC finds itself in some precarious economic waters. To recap, a massive housing bubble that built up through the naughties…
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British Columbians are ready for a thoughtful conversation about taxes, inequality, public services
An oped in today’s Vancouver Sun, outlining key lessons from CCPA opinion research released last week: Beyond the 1%: What British Columbians think about taxes,…
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Shale gas: “Chapter 11” steps in
Both in Québec and in the United States, public authorities have legislated to protect populations from shale gas industry-related risks. These precautions could however come…
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Fast Facts: The Tragedy of Phoenix Sinclair
Media coverage of the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry has been quite thorough and often insightful. However, the bulk of the media coverage is missing the defining…
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British Columbians are ready for a thoughtful conversation about taxes
Debates about taxes in BC can be as much a blood-sport as politics. But a major new opinion poll conducted by Environics Research (commissioned by…
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