• Asking British Columbians about electoral reform

    CCPA-BC submission on the electoral reform process Download 1.8 MB6 pages The CCPA-BC sent this submission to the BC Government’s How We Vote consultation, which requests feedback…

  • Firehose of corporate cash or financing our democracy together? A no-brainer

    A long-overdue and badly-needed overhaul of BC’s election finance rules was introduced by the provincial government last week. Media headlines mostly focused on the decision…

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    BC’s last Climate “Leadership” Plan was written in big oil’s boardroom (literally)

    Newly uncovered documents obtained through Freedom of Information requests reveal the cozy relationship between the fossil fuel industry and the last BC government went even…

  • BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office

    September 2017 Download 2.79 MB12 pages In this issue: New political terrain, new possibilities, and new challenges CCPA-BC’s 20th Anniversary Gala with Senator Murray Sinclair…

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    BC NDP-Green agreement offers historic opportunity for game-changing new policies

    What an interesting and exciting moment in BC politics! For a bunch of policy nerds like us at the CCPA, it doesn’t get much better…

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    Getting big money out of BC politics: 5 ways to do this right

    With the provincial election behind us, there’s at least one thing that the overwhelming majority of British Columbians seem to clearly agree on: we need…

  • Election nail biter: what’s next for BC politics?

    A week after British Columbians went to the polls, we’re still waiting to learn the final seat count. And when we do (hopefully next week),…

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