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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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Corporate social responsibility means paying a living wage
Making paid work meet basic family needs Families who work for low wages often face impossible choices: buy clothes or heat the house, feed the…
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“Unfree” Farm Labour in British Columbia?
The sudden firing and repatriation of 14 Mexican agricultural workers from an Abbotsford greenhouse earlier this month once again highlights the exploitive nature of Canada’s…
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Working for a Living Wage 2008
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Vancouver and Victoria Download 2.85 MB 52 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments…
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Living wage shows real cost of raising a family
Would lift thousands out of poverty, share prosperity of BC’s economy READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) A new study calls on major public and…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2008, Volume 11, Number 3 Download 428.38 KB8 pages Inside this issue: Harvest of Shame: Cultivating Farmworker Rights Living on Welfare Denying Income Inequality…
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BC government pay raise highlights the growing income gap
The recent steep pay hikes for BC’s senior bureaucrats triggered quite a controversy. Handing out raises in the 20 to 43% range at the top…
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Getting by is getting harder for those in “casual” jobs
Many experts are puzzling over a paradox in BC’s economy — why have years of solid growth and low unemployment failed to translate into improved…
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Improving the Economic Security of Casual Workers in BC
Download 793.44 KB41 pages Attachments Improving the Economic Security of Casual Workers in BC – SUMMARY
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Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Scenarios for BC
Meeting the Twin Objectives of Temperature Stabilization and Global Equity Download 1.46 MB34 pages The authors of this paper review current science, from the most…
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Selling out the public interest on Vancouver Island forestlands
Since the heady days of the Clayoquot Sound logging blockades, few issues on Vancouver Island have triggered such public outrage as the proposed sale of…
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Paradox of BC’s economic boom means no payoff for casual workers: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER — Despite solid economic growth and low unemployment rates, BC is home to a growing number of casual workers…
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BC’s minimum wage should not be a poverty wage
Labour and social justice groups in BC have long urged the provincial government to increase the minimum wage to a level that guarantees a path…
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