Public Interest Research Project (BC) News Releases
(Vancouver) A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives challenges the conventional wisdom that the public heavily subsidizes post-secondary education. Paid in Full: Who Pays for...
January 25, 2012 |
BC Office (Vancouver) Outsourced BC Hydro and Medical Services Plan workers believe an erosion of customer service is occurring, as they are pressured to increase call volumes, often at the expense of quality...
October 30, 2007 |
BC Office (Vancouver) As industry proponents and BC government officials prepare for a closed-door conference promoting ‘public-private partnerships’ (P3s), a new study raises major concerns about higher costs...
June 20, 2006 |
BC Office (Vancouver) Reduced access to publicly-funded home support means frail seniors and people with disabilities are being left without the basic supports needed to monitor their health and postpone, or...
June 5, 2006 |
BC Office (Vancouver) A new study that surveyed public school students raises
concerns that BC’s employment regulations are leaving children and
youth without adequate protections in the workplace.
“For many...
September 20, 2005 |
BC Office (Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has updated its analysis of who got how much from BC’s income tax cuts, and how tax increases and new costs for services are impacting...
April 21, 2005 |
BC Office (Vancouver) The combination of cuts to public services and weakened employment standards in BC has hit women especially hard, according to a new study that examines the impact of recent government...
December 9, 2004 |
BC Office (Vancouver) BC’s 6-year tuition freeze is not to blame for cost pressures in the post-secondary education system. During the freeze, which was in place from 1996/97 to 2001/02, real-per student...
November 18, 2004 |
BC Office (Vancouver) As a result of legal aid cuts women are losing custody of their children, giving up valid legal rights to support, and being subjected to litigation harassment, according to a new report...
September 25, 2004 |
BC Office (Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a major new study today called Cost Shift: How British Columbians are paying for their tax cut. The study examines a dynamic the...
July 4, 2002 |
BC Office (Vancouver) A panel of experts from Britain, the U.S. and Canada on "public-private partnerships" (P3's) say that British Columbia should think twice before adopting the P3 model. Three of the four...
May 30, 2002 |
National Office, BC Office (Vancouver) The BC Task Force on Pay Equity's report to the BC government, tabled in the legislature yesterday, repeats what researchers and women's groups have been saying for years: sex-based wage...
March 8, 2002 |
BC Office (Vancouver) A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives urges the provincial government to reconsider its plans to open auto insurance in BC to "full competition".
The...
October 10, 2001 |
BC Office (Vancouver) A new report released today by the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds that BC has the advantage over Washington State. The report, "In Search of the Good Life...
June 8, 2001 |
BC Office (Vancouver) The BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives co-published a major new study today. Without Foundation: How Medicare is Undermined by Gaps and Privatization in Community...
November 9, 2000 |
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