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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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A guide to standing up to book bans and beyond, and how to protect and strengthen public education in Canada
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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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Electricity conservation efforts should include high prices for large consumers, protection for low-income households
If BC is going to meet its climate action targets, the province needs to shift away from natural gas and rely instead on clean electricity.…
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Transforming transportation will improve quality of life for all British Columbians
The 2010 Winter Olympics shone a light on one of the most fascinating experiments in transportation planning ever conducted in North America. Previously unthinkable measures…
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Wealth and income in the top 1%
One thing I really like about the Occupy movement is that it reclaiming mental space. I’m thinking of the overt focus on the riches…
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Are the Top 1% Just Lucky?
I expect some folks who oppose the Occupy movement will weigh in on merit – that the top 1% are deserving of their riches because…
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Occupation, democracy and coops
I hung out a while yesterday at the Vancouver Occupation, and was impressed with their efforts at radical democracy. Many in the mainstream press have…
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Occupation, Democracy and Co-ops
I hung out a while yesterday at the Vancouver Occupation, and was impressed with their efforts at radical democracy. Many in the mainstream press have…
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O’Leary breached CBC standards, Ombudsman rules
It took just a week following the airing of an “interview” on CBC television’s The Lang & O’Leary Exchange for the public broadcaster’s Ombudsman, Kirk…
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BC’s Top 1%: Doing fabulous, thank you
Occupy Wall Street has shone new light on the growing gap between the richest 1% and the rest of us (the 99 percenters). But that’s…
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The Union of BC Municipalities Convention: a potpourri of policy
For people who follow local policy issues the annual meeting of the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) is always chock-a-block with material. Last week’s meeting…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2011, Volume 14, Number 3 Download 1.48 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Poverty comes with a high price tag by Iglika Ivanova A decade…
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Fighting energy poverty
Today we released a new Climate Justice Project report, Fighting Energy Poverty in the Transition to Zero-Emission Housing: A Framework for BC, by yours truly, Eugene Kung…
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