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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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Fix carbon tax by ending corporate tax breaks, using revenues for climate action and new tax credit: study
(Vancouver) A new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Sierra Club BC calls on the provincial government to scale up BC’s carbon…
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An Interesting Spin
In its latest planning document, BC Hydro is forecasting a rate increase of 50% over the next five years. In fact, earlier BC Hydro submissions…
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Fix carbon tax by ending corporate tax breaks, using revenues for climate action and new tax credit: study
(Vancouver) A new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Sierra Club BC calls on the provincial government to scale up BC’s carbon…
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Fair and Effective Carbon Pricing
Lessons from BC Attachments Fair and Effective Carbon Pricing: Lessons from BC — SUMMARY
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Hats off to you, Mr. McKimm
In the mountain of material presented with the 2011 BC Budget (OK, much of it was an electronic mountain) there was one remarkable nugget of…
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Much ado about the provincial debt
If you read Vaughn Palmer’s online budget analysis in the Vancouver Sun, you’d be forgiven thinking that deficit hysteria is making a comeback in BC.…
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BC Budget Commentary: where is the debate on new priorities?
For what was billed as a no-news budget, the 2011 February Budget is causing quite the splash in the media. In the absence of policy…
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Raising the minimum wage: not if but how much and how fast
While lone voices from the business sector still oppose a minimum wage increase (as in this article in The Province), the minimum wage debate in…
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Myths and Facts About the Minimum Wage in BC
Behind the Numbers Download 397.68 KB4 pages Iglika Ivanova sets out a compelling argument for raising the minimum wage — in just four-pages of clear,…
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Christy Clark’s “sustained development”
A news release from the Christy Clark camp puts its focus on energy policy in BC. While the press release reads as slickly as its…
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Free to grow or free to fail? Emerging science raises questions about health of our future forests
As tree-planting company representatives from across British Columbia gather in Kelowna for a conference this week, a lot of attention will focus on the question…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2011, Volume 14, Number 1 Download 1.89 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Cuts to Forest Service are too Deep by Ben Parfitt How BC’s…
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