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Canada should reject compromise proposal on TRIPS waiver in its present form: civil society groups

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Canadian organizations concerned with vaccine equity and the TRIPS waiver negotiations at the World Trade Organization are urging the Canadian government to not accept a compromise counterproposal negotiated by the United States, European Union, India and South Africa, but to work with WTO members to fix its deficiencies.

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Canada completes the 1st round of negotiations with Indonesia, the largest palm oil producer

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Thursday, March 17, 2022

This week, Canada and Indonesia, the largest palm oil producer and exporter in the world, are completing the first round of negotiations on a proposed C

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Disappearing Act

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The state of provincial deficits in Canada
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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As Canada reaches two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, provincial deficits are on track to disappear much faster than initially predicted. 

Disappearing Act: The state of provincial deficits in Canada, examines the state of provincial finances and finds that major positive revisions of revenue projections mean fiscal surpluses have either already arrived or will soon.

COVID-19 era provincial deficits on track to disappear faster than anticipated

Some provinces are prolonging deficits by handing out tax cuts: report
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Thursday, March 10, 2022

OTTAWA—Provincial deficits are on track to disappear much faster than initially predicted despite unprecedented spending to fight COVID-19, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). 

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Disappearing Act
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Energy giant Drax’s monopoly of BC’s wood pellet industry must be investigated, union, conservation and public policy groups demand

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

VANCOUVER — The company operating the world’s largest wood-fired thermal electricity plant has too much control of British Columbia’s wood pellet industry and must be ordered to divest of some of its holdings, union, environmental and public policy organizations say. 

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Upzoning Metro Vancouver’s Low-density Neighbourhoods for Housing Affordability

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Thursday, February 10, 2022
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It’s time to build the housing we need for the future of Metro Vancouver. 

To address the twin crises of housing affordability and climate change, the region specifically needs more “missing middle” housing between the extremes of detached (“single-family”) homes and large condo towers. An aggressive build-out of affordable housing region-wide is central to creating a more fair and vibrant economy that also rises to the challenge of the climate emergency. 

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

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022
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  • Celebrating 25 years of the CCPA-BC
  • BC is subsidizing logging for pulp and pellet mills
  • CCPA in the news in 2021
  • LNG exports and GHG reduction goals
  • Updated CleanBC plan falls short
  • BC's horrific wildfire season
  • How to be fiscally responsible
  • Recent and upcoming publications
  • Living wage rises across BC
  • BC's human rights inquiry into hate incidents better late than never
  • Robust wealth tax could raise $363B
  • Recap of 2021 gala with Hayden King

Upzoning Metro Vancouver’s Low-density Neighbourhoods for Housing Affordability

Metro Vancouver needs more housing—specifically “missing middle” housing between the extremes of detached homes and large condo towers—to address twin crises of housing affordability and climate change. This report proposes a regulatory shift away from detached housing to allow higher-density development across the region.

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Higher-density development solution for housing affordability and climate change, new report

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver needs more housing—specifically “missing middle” housing between the extremes of detached homes and large condo towers—to address twin crises of housing affordability and climate change, says a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office.

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