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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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Shielding fossil fuel corporations from public scrutiny: The new “neutral”?
British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office bills itself as a “neutral” provincial agency. But there is evidence that this is not the case, and that BC…
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The power of ideas and research: A note from CCPA-BC’s incoming Director
I first encountered the CCPA when I was a university student trying to make sense of the world and my place in it. I’d moved…
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The BC government has brought forward legislation to implement one of its major policy measures on housing: the speculation tax. In a defence of the tax earlier this…
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Who owns and benefits from Canada’s fossil fuel sector?
Many Canadians—politicians and business people in particular—are quick to tout the value of the fossil fuel sector to our national economy. But who primarily benefits…
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Dangerous precedent: Petronas subsidiary gets free pass after building unlicensed fracking dams
In a decision without precedent in its 25 years of existence, British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has told Progress Energy that two massive unauthorized…
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Getting to pro rep: How I plan to rank the options
Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This post is part of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from the…
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Who Owns Canada’s Fossil-Fuel Sector?
Mapping the network of ownership and control Download 1.43 MB48 pages This study shows that substantial ownership and strategic control over Canada’s fossil-fuel sector are…
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Who Owns and Benefits from Canada’s Fossil-Fuel Sector?
Many Canadians – politicians and business people in particular – are quick to tout the value of the fossil-fuel sector to our national economy. But…
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Canada’s fossil-fuel sector controlled by a few major players—including the five big banks, new study shows
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – The major investors in Canada’s fossil-fuel sector have high stakes in maintaining business as usual rather than addressing…
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Pro rep will indeed mean more minority governments — bring it on!
Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This post is part of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from the…
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Designated Indigenous seats: A possibility for political inclusion?
As the Federal Court of Appeal’s quashing of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) showcases, a wide chasm remains between the federal government’s platitudes of…
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Housing platforms and platitudes in the 2018 Vancouver election
It should be no surprise that Vancouver’s growing housing affordability crisis is the top issue going into the election. All candidates are in favour of…
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