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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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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2011, Volume 14, Number 2 Download 1.3 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Look to Europe for next phase of BC’s carbon tax by Marc…
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Social Determinants of Health
It is now clear that economic, and social variables – more than individual behaviour – are the most salient factors in determining people’s well-being. Working…
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What would Stanley say about Brigette Marcelle?
For the last 30 years or so when confronted with a thorny issue I have often asked myself this question: what would Stanley say? This…
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NDP propose BC Poverty Reduction Act
Today in the BC Legislature, the Official Opposition (MLA Shane Simpson) introduced a private member’s Bill proposing a BC Poverty Reduction Act. That Act, were…
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Oil and our coast – surely southern B.C. as important as The Great Bear
Like Mitch Anderson, in a must-read feature article in The Tyee, I am perplexed at the comparatively little attention that environmental organizations pay to the…
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Suspicion about private finance schemes growing in the UK
On May 16th British Columbia’s Auditor General published a report on Vancouver General Hospital P3 that raised serious doubts about public private partnerships in British…
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Vancity now a living wage employer
Great news! Vancity has announced that it is now officially a living wage employer, committed to paying its employees a living wage, as calculated by…
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Here’s what bold climate targets look like
Premier Christy Clark recently re-affirmed her commitment to BC’s greenhouse gas emission targets in an open letter to British Columbians. That’s good (and thanks to…
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UK Conservatives Put Canada’s to Shame on Climate
Across the pond, the UK Conservative coalition government has taken a very different approach to tackling climate change than the Harper Conservatives. The Canadian government’s…
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About Fracking Time: BC’s Independent MLAs Call on Premier to Investigate Hydraulic Fracturing
As British Columbia Premier Christy Clark makes her debut in the provincial legislature this coming week, the media spotlight will likely be on the predictable…
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Christy’s HST “fix”: politics trumps good policy
This is no way to make tax policy. Wednesday’s proposed reforms to the HST provide yet more evidence that what we really need is a…
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BC to Raise Corporate Taxes
Amazingly, BC’s government has joined its official opposition in proposing to restore the provincial corporate income tax rate from 10% to 12%. The same government that cut…
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