BC Office News Releases
(VICTORIA) Budget 2017 is a missed opportunity to address vital issues facing BC families like persistent poverty, unaffordable child care and the crises in seniors’ care, says the Canadian Centre...
February 21, 2017 |
BC Office OTTAWA—The amount of fossil fuel removed from Canadian soil that ends up in the atmosphere as harmful carbon dioxide has risen dramatically, almost exclusively because of our country’s growing fossil...
January 25, 2017 |
National Office, BC Office (Vancouver) BC’s poverty rate is virtually unchanged from where it was a decade ago yet the province remains the only one in Canada without a poverty reduction plan.
And it’s not because BC doesn’t...
January 12, 2017 |
BC Office Vancouver – Today’s federal government decision to approve the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline expansion while not unexpected is extremely short-sighted, says the Canadian Centre for Policy...
November 29, 2016 |
National Office, BC Office (Vancouver) Contrary to provincial government claims that education funding is at “record levels”, new analysis released today finds that education funding has dropped by 25% since 2001 as a share of...
August 24, 2016 |
BC Office VANCOUVER – Natural gas company fracking operations should be banned near all hydro dams out of concerns that earthquakes triggered by such operations could endanger human life.
The call comes in the...
August 16, 2016 |
BC Office (Vancouver) The majority of British Columbians would come out ahead under a plan to scrap MSP and replace the $2.5 billion in public revenues it currently brings in with fair taxes scaled to income....
July 6, 2016 |
BC Office (Vancouver) Contrary to stereotypes about poverty being concentrated mainly in Vancouver and Surrey, a new study finds the growing ranks of the working poor are spread out across the Metro Vancouver...
June 29, 2016 |
BC Office (OTTAWA) A new study by veteran earth scientist David Hughes finds that Canada cannot meet its global climate commitments while at the same time ramping up oil and gas extraction and building new...
June 2, 2016 |
National Office, BC Office (Ottawa) Une nouvelle étude signée par le vétéran géologue et spécialiste des ressources David Hughes conclut que le Canada ne peut respecter ses engagements à l’égard du climat mondial tout en...
June 2, 2016 |
National Office, BC Office (Vancouver) A new study finds Metro Vancouver’s growing housing affordability crisis is widening the gap between the rich and poor, and requires a multi-pronged response that would restrict absentee...
May 18, 2016 |
BC Office (Vancouver) A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is $20.64 per hour. This is the 2016 Metro Vancouver living wage, the hourly...
April 27, 2016 |
BC Office (Vancouver) A new study lays out detailed recommendations for tackling the province’s growing surgical wait times – now among the longest in Canada – and warns against plans to increase contracting-...
April 25, 2016 |
BC Office (Victoria) Finance Minister Mike de Jong said today the true measure of a society is its willingness to “truly make a difference” in the lives of the most vulnerable. “If you accept the Finance...
February 16, 2016 |
BC Office (Vancouver) A new study finds that citizenship status plays a key role in farmworker safety, and recommends significant changes to immigration policies to protect this vulnerable workforce.
“Many...
November 18, 2015 |
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