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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 Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
June 2020 Download 1.53 MB12 pages In this issue: Excess profits tax needed to prevent profiteering amid COVID-19 Income assistance relief measures Blockades aren’t the…
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The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is angered and outraged by ongoing police violence and brutality against Black citizens and protestors across the continent. And…
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Paid sick leave finally on the agenda: Here’s why it matters
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that everyone’s health and well-being depends on workers being able to stay home when they are sick. In…
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Think system change for Canada’s low-carbon reboot
There is growing momentum for a low-carbon reboot of our high-carbon economy as we emerge from a pandemic-induced shutdown. Since business-as-usual has been so disrupted,…
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Treat intimate partner violence as the pandemic it is
We’ve all heard it a million times during the COVID-19 pandemic: for your own safety, stay home. To many of us, this is excellent advice.…
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We’re Moving towards a Healthier, More Equitable Society. Don’t Let Progress Stop
Heartbreaking stories have emerged from their regular invisibility during the pandemic—hungry children, isolated elders, violence and child abuse, often with poverty or trauma at the…
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Reinventing the forestry industry: Made-in-Canada masks and much more
Canada should seize the moment created by COVID-19 to become self-sufficient in making masks and other essential medical items, and look to new and emerging…
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Made-in-Canada solution needed to ensure masks and other essential medical supplies there for next pandemic, says CCPA
VANCOUVER – Canada should aim to become completely self-sufficient in producing masks and other essential medical supplies needed during pandemics and rely on the country’s…
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Flatten the myth: Don’t fear government debt after COVID-19
Myth: Government debt rising from the COVID-19 crisis is a big problem. Reality check: Large-scale public spending to support people and invest in long-term public…
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CCPA-BC signs Joint Statement for a Just Recovery
Today the CCPA-BC added its support to a joint statement led by the Vancouver Just Recovery Coalition calling on the City of Vancouver to prioritize…
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Working multiple jobs to make ends meet: More common in BC than we might think
The devastating toll of COVID-19 in nursing homes across the country has drawn attention to the fact that many workers in long-term care work at…
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Working multiple jobs to make ends meet in BC
VANCOUVER – The need to work multiple jobs to make ends meet has contributed to the tragedy in seniors homes during the COVID-19 crisis, but…
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