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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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Do we need a business case for poverty reduction?
I was reading up on poverty reduction policies and I came across a paragraph by Dalhousie University economics professor Lars Osberg that was just begging…
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Reflections on the Tamil migrants from the child of “queue-jumping” asylum seekers
If the 492 Tamil asylum-seekers who recently arrived by boat on BC’s shores are “queue-jumpers”, then I guess my parents were too. They came as…
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The End of the H1N1 Pandemic
The world spent billions on medication and vaccine stockpiles because the World Health Organization cried wolf. If the WHO cannot cleanse its ties to the…
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Reaction to the Tamil boat: curious comparisons
If the 492 Tamil asylum-seekers who recently arrived by boat on BC’s shores are “queue-jumpers”, then I guess my parents were too. See, they came…
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HST and the NDP
Let’s face it. You can’t blame the NDP or anyone else enjoying the drubbing the Liberals are getting from Bill Vander Zalm and co. It…
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Lack of water data a cause for public concern
In our high-speed digital world, there is no excuse for regulators failing to post and update information that is readily available to them and of…
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The impact of the recession on young people
The International Labour Organization published a report this week on world youth unemployment that seems to have some relevance here in British Columbia. The study,…
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Cholesterol drugs don’t help the healthy
I have said this before and this recent research begs me to say this again: Someday we will look back on society’s zeal for checking…
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The Smart Tax Alliance. Non-Partisan? Really?
Last Thursday BC newspapers carried a large ad supporting implementation of the Harmonized Sales Tax. The advertisement was signed by the “Smart Taxation Alliance” a…
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12 year olds at work: cuts, strains, dislocations and fractures
Last month the Medical Officer of Health for the Sea to Sky Region published an article in a Squamish newspaper raising his concerns about child…
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‘Prosperity’ Mine
So there I was in Durham near Newcastle, enjoying a pint in a very historic and charming little pub called the Dun Cow (where do…
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Western Climate Initiative: another baby step
It has been a while but this week climate change is back in the news cycle. The front page of today’s Globe reports on the…
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