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A lot of AI discourse masks the fact that it is the result of a series of policy choices. Despite the government evoking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “there is no alternative,” we do have a choice. And we should be serious about what that choice is.
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Resource Economics Project (BC)
Investing causes of social and environmental insecurity in resource-dependent communities
The B.C. Office’s Resource Economics Project is a special research desk staffed by award-winning journalist and researcher Ben Parfitt. This environmental justice initiative looks into the causes of economic and social insecurity in B.C.’s resource-dependent communities. It offers policy solutions aimed at meeting the joint challenges of environmental sustainability, jobs and social justice.
In February 2025, the CCPA closed its BC Office. However, most of the people formerly associated with the BC Office are continuing their work at a new organization—BC Policy Solutions. An amicable separation agreement has been reached between the two organizations, and we encourage people to continue to support the good work of both the CCPA and BC Policy Solutions. The CCPA continues to ensure the voices and concerns of British Columbians are included in its national independent research, analysis and expertise and BC Policy Solutions continues to support the CCPA’s important research work on issues affecting all Canadians.
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My welfare food challenge: Day 1
Today is Day 1 of my welfare food challenge, during which I will spend one week trying to eat on a total budget of $26.…
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Metro Vancouver needs to walk its “zero waste” talk
When delegates attend Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste conference on Wednesday, they will hear from innovators and big thinkers about how to radically redesign waste out…
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Why the City of Vancouver should divest from fossil fuels
This is the text of remarks I made today to Vancouver city council on divestment. Earlier this year, Council requested that staff report back on…
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Return to old-school forest practices to protect BC grizzlies
More than 20 years ago, British Columbia signalled to the world that sustainable development was a concept it took seriously. In the intervening years, the…
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Time to redesign BC’s GHG policy
No matter where you stand on GHGs and climate change, one thing is very clear. British Columbia GHG policy is a mess. It is not…
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Will LNG development blow BC’s carbon budget?
Last week’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reaffirmed the scientific consensus that global warming is happening and is primarily caused by human…
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Reopening Riverview Hospital not the answer
The BC government recently rejected the recommendation of the Union of BC Municipalities to re-instate Riverview Hospital. Our government has made the right decision. The…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2013, Volume 16, Number 3 Download 1.01 MB8 pages Highlights of recent CCPA-BC research. Inside this issue Time to rethink BC’s LNG plans by Ben…
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What can be done about BC Hydro rates?
The leak of the BC Hydro Rates Working Group paper, with its estimate that rates need to increase by 26.4 % in the next two…
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Stats Can rebuts CFIB on public sector sick leave
Yesterday Statistics Canada published a nice counterpoint to part of the relentless drumbeat against public employees by organizations like the Fraser Institute and the Canadian…
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BC should follow other provinces’ lead in setting minimum wage
The average weekly wage in BC increased by only 1.3 per cent between June 2012 and June 2013, half of the 2.6 per cent jump…
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Deconstructing BC Hydro’s Rate Increase
When the government imposed its Energy Plan on BC Hydro it never bothered to estimate the costs (or for that matter the benefits) of what…
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