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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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Down the Road
The Implications of “Full Competition” for Public Auto Insurance in British Columbia Download 236.55 KB32 pages
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Public auto insurance the best system for BC
Almost 30 years into its mandate as British Columbia’s public auto insurer, ICBC has suddenly stopped singing its own praises. With clear signals from the…
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New CCPA study warns against privatizing public auto insurance
Provincial government would face millions in new costs CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new study released today by the Canadian Centre…
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Tax cut experiment must be called off, CCPA tells BC’s Finance Committee
Much of the economic boost of BC’s tax cuts going to Ontario CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) New analysis by the Canadian…
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Cutting our way into a recession
BC’s economy has been hit hard in recent months by numerous events outside the province’s borders: the US trade actions on softwood lumber; a global…
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Rethinking the Tax Cut Experiment
BC Budget 2002 Submission to the BC Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services Download 161.59 KB11 pages
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2001, Volume 4, Number 4 Download 138.78 KB4 pages Inside this issue: Restructuring Government in BC: Are we asking the right questions? Cutting Pharmacare…
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Cutting Pharmacare won’t cut health costs
Having painted itself into a fiscal corner through “dramatic” tax cuts, the BC government is now claiming it cannot afford Pharmacare (the province’s public drug…
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Global village or global apartheid?
The world after September 11, 2001 For over 15 years I have studied and traveled extensively to Peru, a country besieged by terrorism. When the…
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Restructuring government in BC
Are we asking the right questions? The new BC government is clearly dedicated to so-called “smaller government”. On one major front, the premier has appointed…
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Cutting Pharmacare would be a costly mistake, says Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says that if the provincial government cuts Pharmacare, it will be a costly mistake for British Columbians. “The…
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