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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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New CCPA report finds tax cuts no miracle cure for BC
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a major new study today on…
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Balanced budget legislation is bad public policy
Who knew BC’s NDP government was into bondage? What else can explain the strange desire to handcuff itself with proposed balanced budget legislation (BBL)? BBL…
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Are tax cuts a free lunch?
The oft-repeated message that tax cuts will not decrease government revenues has a definite appeal. It says that not only can you have tax cuts,…
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Education on sale
At what cost? This week, Vancouver is host to the “World Education Market.” According to the Reed Midem Organization, the show’s Paris-based organizer, this event…
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Policy Options for Progressive Health Care in BC
Proceedings of a CCPA-BC Workshop on the Future of Health Care Download 435.21 KB 38 pages
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Balancing two essentials: Public services and the right to strike
The provincial government’s recent decision to legislate CUPE school support staff back to work raises once again the issue of what constitutes an “essential” service,…
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Debunking the myth that free trade benefits the world’s poor
Shortly after external protests and internal conflicts hit the Seattle WTO Ministerial and stalled a new negotiating round, The Economist magazine ran a picture of…
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Key public services in BC threatened by call for further cuts
New CCPA report shows BC’s public sector already downsized, further cuts costly to British Columbians (Vancouver) A new report released today by the Canadian Centre…
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Why spending cuts and privatization are NOT the answer for BC
Business interests in BC are lobbying hard for tax cuts for corporations and wealthy individuals. These kinds of tax cuts are regressive, because they would…
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Fraser Institute ranking fails as a measure of school quality
Most parents want their children to have an excellent education. The Fraser Institute (FI) taps into this concern with their much ballyhooed “Report Card.” This…
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