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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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The Pains of Privatization
How Contracting Out Hurts Health Support Workers, Their Families, and Health Care Download 475.55 KB53 pages A companion piece to this paper, The Hidden Costs…
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CCPA updates BC tax cut distribution, looks at how costs are being shifted to individuals and families
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has updated its analysis of who got how much from BC’s income tax cuts, and how tax increases…
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Shifting Costs
An Update on How Tax & Spending Cuts Impact British Columbians Download 314.35 KB7 pages
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Is the province equipped to tackle the pine beetle’s long-term impact?
As many British Columbians know, the province is witnessing one of its biggest logging booms in decades. More trees are falling than ever in the…
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Untangling the spin about long-term care in BC
In recent months the provincial government has acknowledged that it has not delivered the 5,000 new long-term residential care beds promised during the last election.…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring/Summer 2005, Volume 8, Number 2 Download 448.21 KB8 pages Inside this issue: BC Budget 2005: A Missed Opportunity Who Benefits? Revisiting BC’s Income Tax…
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Show us the numbers: CCPA says government’s response to long-term care study not good enough
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is calling on the provincial government to provide a detailed accounting of continuing care…
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Continuing Care Renewal or Retreat?
BC Residential and Home Health Care Restructuring 2001-2004 Download 314 KB 53 pages Attachments BC Issues Primer: Cuts to Continuing Care
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Long-term care and home health services in BC on steady decline
Province-wide audit provides clear picture of cuts since 2001, documents lost beds READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) Access to long-term care and home health…
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Democratizing Public Services
Lessons from Other Jurisdictions and Implications for Health Care Reform in BC Download 225.31 KB45 pages Over the last 15 years there have been repeated…
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Disarming BC’s Conservation Corps
In law enforcement, appearance is everything. When you wear a uniform, when you have a badge, when you carry a gun, people pay attention. Police…
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