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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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A guide to standing up to book bans and beyond, and how to protect and strengthen public education in Canada
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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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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2003, Volume 6, Number 1 Download 570.16 KB4 pages Inside this issue: Beyond the Staples Economy BC Exports Raw Logs, Jobs and Revenue
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Skewed distribution of financial assets driving growing wealth inequality across Canada, says new study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA–Canadians may view their country as a land of opportunity, but it is also a land of deep and abiding…
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Rags and Riches
Wealth Inequality in Canada Download 361.61 KB68 pages Attachments Upstairs, Downstairs and in Between: The Assets and Debts of British Columbians BC Home to Greatest…
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BC Ferries restructuring will increase costs and reduce accountability
The provincial government has just announced a major transformation of ferry services, promising better service, better access to capital for needed improvements, all without any…
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Cutting community out of environmental decision-making
A year and a half into BC’s New Era, the impact of the government’s legislative agenda is starting to be felt in communities across the…
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Raw log exports eliminating up to 1,500 jobs in BC
Increasing exports will undermine battered North Coast economy, says think tank READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–The BC government is forfeiting hundreds of jobs and…
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NAFTA and other trade agreements prevent adoption of independent industrial policy
(OTTAWA) International trade agreements and other market-driven reforms in recent years have stripped nation-states of many tools to implement the activist industrial policies needed to…
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BC exports raw logs, jobs and revenue
More raw logs–along with jobs and revenue–will be shipped out of BC over the next three years. That’s because the BC government, in February of…
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Who’s in contempt over the Woodward’s squat?
This is Affordable Housing Week in BC–a week dedicated to ending homelessness. Thankfully, two weeks ago, the BC Housing Corporation dropped proceedings against the 54…
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