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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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Something for the toolbox
CCPA Research Associate Marvin Shaffer has written a book that deserves to be in the toolbox of people questioning decisions around government projects. The title of…
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Global Pathology
[Note: I will be giving a presentation on this subject this Sunday, December 12th, from 12:30 to 1:30 at the Unitarian Church (Hewett Hall), 49th…
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What’s Canada’s Carbon Debt?
Martin Khor, of the South Centre, has done an interesting analysis for the (doomed) Cancun negotiations on climate change. The talks have broken down on…
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Cuts to Forest Service are too deep
There are many things that distinguish “supernatural” British Columbia from other jurisdictions. But one of the most enduring of them is its abundance of publicly…
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BC’s Forest Service jeopardized by deep cuts: time for a formal inquiry
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER–A decade of layoffs and budget cuts, combined with the recent radical cabinet reorganization, have so thoroughly gutted BC’s Forest…
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Axed: A Decade of Cuts to BC’s Forest Service
Download 1.91 MB14 pages This study analyses the impact of cuts and changes to BC’s Forest Service over the past decade, and concludes with a…
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The Vision Thing
For many years now, the year 2010 has had an almost mythic quality to it. More than just a decade-ending round number (we never collectively…
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Reduction in unionization helped break the economy
Do unions have any role in today’s society? Right wing organizations like the Fraser Institute say no but a report from an unlikely source suggests…
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The Economist Magazine calls out BC
Well, I never thought I’d see this rebuke of Canada and BC in The Economist Magazine of all places. But the current issue of the…
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Poverty reduction update
Lots of developments on the Poverty Reduction front over the last two weeks. Here are a few updates: First, last week brought news that Danny…
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The Trouble with Billionaires, Vancouver Launch, Part Two
Linda McQuaig The Trouble with Billionaires Linda McQuaig by policyalternatives On November 3, 2010, CCPA-BC sponsored a book launch for The Trouble with Billionaires, by…
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The Trouble with Billionaires, Vancouver Launch, Part One
Neil Brooks The Trouble with Billionaires Neil Brooks by policyalternatives On November 3, 2010, CCPA-BC sponsored a book launch for The Trouble with Billionaires, by…
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