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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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Which is more important, lower taxes or a higher minimum wage?
BC Labour Minister Murray Coell apparently got taken to the woodshed this week after telling a forum at the Union of BC Municipalities that his…
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We told you so: HST introduction a factor behind GDP drop in July
Among the concerns about the HST that we at the CCPA have raised was the poor timing of the tax change. From my pre-budget piece…
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New voices in support of a BC poverty reduction plan
Two important new voices joined the call for a BC poverty reduction plan in the last couple days. First, on Tuesday, BC Provincial Health Officer…
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So what’s a green job, anyway?
Today CCPA released a new report by myself and Ken Carlaw, an economist at UBC-Okanagan, called Climate Justice, Green Jobs and Sustainable Production in BC.…
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Climate Justice, Green Jobs and Sustainable Production in BC
Attachments Climate Justice, Green Jobs and Sustainable Production in BC – SUMMARY
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So What’s a Green Job, Anyway?
Today the CCPA released a new report by myself and Ken Carlaw, an economist at UBC-Okanagan, that looks at industrial and employment strategies the BC…
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Poverty Reduction: Even Alberta?
Currently, six provinces have official poverty reduction strategies either in place or (in the case of Manitoba) in development. BC, despite having the highest poverty…
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What will it take to bring smarter family policy to BC?
Did you know that the BC government has set a goal to reduce early childhood vulnerability to 15% by fiscal year 2015? You can hardly…
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Protecting the environment and social justice: you can’t have one without the other
A couple of weeks ago there was a conference in Vancouver on building a green economy. It was a conference with a difference. Organized by…
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A revenue negative carbon tax?
BC’s carbon tax was supposed to be “revenue neutral”, meaning all carbon tax revenue would be “recycled” to British Columbians through personal income tax cuts,…
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Pat Bell’s YouTube Foray – Sowing Seeds of Misinformation
Unlikely as it is to garner a huge following on YouTube, one suspects a recently uploaded video message by B.C. Forests Minister Pat Bell may…
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Burns Lake looks to wood pellets
BC became prosperous on the basis of its resource industries. But today further development of resources is running into wall of climate policy. Good climate…
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