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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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When workers’ jobs are shifted from the public service to for-profit corporations, does anything change?
The BC Government’s Alternative Service Delivery Plan in practice When a meter-reader comes to your home to check your monthly electricity consumption, they wear a…
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From Public Servants to Corporate Employees
The BC Government’s Alternative Service Delivery Plan in Practice Download 1.17 MB 51 pages
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Scrap subsidies to oil and gas companies and enforce tight timeline to eliminate industry’s unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions, new report urges province
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–Efforts to cut BC’s greenhouse gas emissions will fail unless the province ends subsidies to oil and gas companies, raises…
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Foot Off the Gas
Regulating BC’s Oil and Gas Industry as if the Environment Mattered Download 643.35 KB38 pages Attachments SUMMARY: Foot Off the Gas: Regulating BC’s Oil and…
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Regulating BC’s oil and gas industry as if the environment mattered
For several years, BC has been hooked on revenues from the fossil fuel industry. Skyrocketing royalty payments to the province from companies pulling oil and…
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Towards a More Democratic and Credible BC Budget
Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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How Sustainable is Medicare?
A Closer Look at Aging, Technology and Other Cost Drivers in Canada’s Health Care System Download 419.01 KB34 pages
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Population aging not a demographic time bomb for health care costs: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—There is little to suggest that health care costs will spiral out of control as Canada’s population ages, says a…
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The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein speaks about her new book at CCPA event SEE THE VIDEO Vancouver–Naomi Klein spoke about her new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2007, Volume 10, Number 3 Download 1.04 MB8 pages Inside this issue: The Clock is Ticking on Homelessness and the Olympics Weighing in on…
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Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine
Speaking at the 2007 CCPA-BC fundraiser, Naomi Klein talks about her new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. The Shock Doctrine is the…
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David Suzuki on our economy and environment
Renowned Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki speaks about the environment, the economy, climate change and our future at a benefit event for the Canadian Centre for…
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