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Working toward a socially and economically just British Columbia
Established in 1997, the CCPA’s BC Office investigates key challenges facing our province through independent research, analysis and expertise. We propose real, workable solutions, and share our findings as widely as possible to advance social, economic and environmental justice – and to challenge the message that there is no alternative.
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Women’s earnings in BC lag national average: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives compares the earnings of women in BC…
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Marc’s Letter from 2040
The following comes from a short talk on a vision for a zero-carbon BC that I gave at a couple events this Fall. Many have…
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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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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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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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Beyond the 1%: What British Columbians think about taxes, inequality and public services
Attachments Tax poll results by question
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BC’s Other Deficits
The release of the BC Budget Second Quarterly report notes an increase in the projected budget deficit to $1.5 billion, up from $1.1 billion when…
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Majority of British Columbians support higher income taxes at $100k: Poll
Most also personally willing to pay higher taxes to support policies that improve quality of life READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) An opinion research…
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Depleting natural gas reserves makes no sense for BC
British Columbia is no petro state. So why do our political leaders insist that we are a global energy power? At the University of Calgary…
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BC is giving away its natural gas
In September, when the BC government tabled its First Quarterly Report on the BC Budget the big story was on plummeting natural gas royalties, which means…
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Lax regulation of industry, underpricing jeopardize BC’s water and hydroelectricity resources: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) A new study warns that BC’s water and hydroelectric resources are at risk of being depleted by industrial users,…
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