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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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Living on Welfare in BC
Experiences of Longer-Term “Expected to Work” Recipients Download 2.59 MB 69 pages Attachments Living on Welfare in BC: Experiences of Longer-Term “Expected to Work” Recipients…
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Removing Barriers to Work
Flexible Employment Options for People with Disabilities in BC Download 1.29 MB64 pages Attachments Removing Barriers to Work: Flexible Employment Options for People with Disabilities…
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Make work possible for more people with significant disabilities: study
(Vancouver) People living with mental illnesses, developmental disabilities and serious conditions such as MS often find themselves in a catch-22 – unable to take on…
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Workplace Rights for Recent Immigrants
Boom times in BC are reflected in low unemployment rates and robust economic growth. But missing from that picture is the fact that some people…
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BC Budget 2008: A good start tackling global warming, but who are we leaving behind?
In an era where taxes have been demonized, BC’s green 2008 budget is newsworthy for its introduction of a new tax on greenhouse gas emissions.…
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Searching for the “good life” in a carbon-neutral BC
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–In the wake of a Premier’s meeting dominated by concerns about climate change policies, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…
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Searching for the Good Life in a Carbon Neutral BC
Meeting BC’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets with Fairness and Equity Download 1.19 MB49 pages
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The Olympics, Housing and Homelessness in Vancouver
With just two years to go before the 2010 Olympics, promises of housing and benefits for low-income people in Vancouver made during the bid process…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2008, Volume 11, Number 1 Download 543.79 KB8 pages Inside this issue: BC’s Climate Change Strategy and the Fossil Fuel Industry TILMA: A Major…
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Wanted: A federal New Year’s resolution on global warming
Prime Minister Harper is a very intelligent man, but there are some things that he just can’t understand. Or, more accurately, won’t understand. Harper’s most…
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Feds to post first deficit in a decade if economy slows: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—A decade of federal budget surpluses could come to an end if an economic slowdown materializes in 2008,…
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Premier déficit fédéral en dix ans si l’économie ralentit
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA—Une décennie d’excédents budgétaires fédéraux pourrait prendre fin si un ralentissement économique se matérialise en 2008, selon un document…
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