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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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Chaoulli II?
So private surgical clinics, led by Brian Day, are suing the BC government so they can charge patients for services that they, the patients, already…
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The utter stupidity of P3s in BC
For the “we told you so” file. The BC government has been insisting on P3s (so-called “public-private partnerships” where the private sector builds and operates…
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Forensic auditors say P3s expensive, biased and secret
So who are you going to believe about public private partnerships (P3s)? One side of the debate says they’re swell. They save money for taxpayers,…
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Poverty reduction plan: can we afford it?
Perhaps the more appropriate question is: can we afford not to have one? Public policy is always about choices, and there is no excuse for…
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Burning down the house
Sometimes I see a letter to the editor that in one sentence captures the essence of what I was thinking but does it better and…
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Obama opens doors closed in BC
One of President Barack Obama’s first acts was to reverse an order from the Bush regime that undermined Freedom of Information requests. What a contrast…
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Fiscal tipping points
Budget making is an art. An underlying reality of BC budgeting is that it takes very little to tip provincial finances from surplus to deficit…
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Poverty reduction: the time is now
There is a growing chorus calling for a BC poverty reduction plan, calling for commitments to this from all political parties ahead of the May…
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P3s: the cubic zirconium of public projects
Jonathan Fowlie and Lori Gilbert did a first rate job of looking at one facet of public private partnerships (P3’s) in the January 23 Vancouver…
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Breaking free of the “balanced budget” chains
As the next provincial budget is prepared (and election platforms are written), a core reality is this: we face huge economic uncertainty, which makes forecasting…
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Infrastructure – more than just ‘guy jobs’
Now that almost everyone seems to agree that public spending on infrastructure is a good idea – it’s time for another paradigm shift. Across the political continuum, infrastructure talk…
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