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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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Some issues arising from the special advisor’s report on the Vancouver School Board
The special advisor appointed by the provincial government to look at the finances of the Vancouver School Board reported on Friday and a number of…
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‘Green’ Summer Reading
As I was wandering through the airport this spring I succumbed to my one true addiction: books. Yes, I know that a good environmentalist uses…
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View from the Top: Income Inequality in BC
A fascinating, and shocking, literature on the incomes at the very top of the distribution has emerged in recent years. Typically, Statistics Canada only reports…
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Legislative review of FOI Act narrow and timid
A legislative committee reviewing BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act reported on May 31st and the results were disappointing. They certainly did…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2010, Volume 13, Number 2 Download 928.37 KB Inside this issue: Add Your Voice to the New Call for a Poverty Reduction Plan by…
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Child poverty: How does BC stack up against those provinces with a plan?
A week ago, I appeared before the BC Legislature’s Standing Committee on Children and Youth. The committee, to its credit, had decided to spend a…
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Early indicators of how the recession has hit BC’s poor
Just wanted to draw readers’ attention to a great op-ed piece in The Province newspaper this past Thursday: “Recession slammed BC’s poor; and it’s not…
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Buying off industry
At first glance, the response of the forest sector and other large energy users to the province’s Clean Energy Act was surprising. Here is an Act…
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Privacy, Facebook and a New Information and Privacy Commissioner
Sometimes personal and policy issues collide or at least slide in side-by-side. That happened for me when the BC Legislature appointed Elizabeth Denham as the…
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Child Poverty and the Need for a Comprehensive BC Poverty Reduction Plan
Presentation to the BC Legislature’s Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth Download 204.47 KB5 pages
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Summer reading: two experts on privatization
Policy Note has asked CCPA Research Associates who contribute to the blog to suggest some ideas for summer reading. I am going to cheat a…
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2010 Living Wage Update: Reflecting the real costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver
Families who work for low wages face impossible choices — buy clothing or heat the house, feed the children or pay the rent. The result can be…
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