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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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For the first time in 25 years, BC’s workplace rights are being reviewed. Disappointingly, however, the fulsome consultation needed to develop policies for the realities…
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LNG Canada: Short-term politics trumps long-term climate responsibility
LNG Canada’s final investment decision to build a natural gas liquefaction facility in Kitimat is a triumph of short-term politics over long-term responsibility to act on…
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Elite private schools rake in public funds while special needs students go without
Every year the BC government provides hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding to private schools, including elite prep schools. Given that BC’s public…
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Fighting poverty through tax credit reform
One way to fight extreme inequality is to have a progressive tax system. We mostly think about this in the form of progressive income tax…
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Climate change and the duty of professional engineers and geoscientists: A call to action
There has been a great deal of recent media coverage both for and against the planned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX). Much of it is…
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Paved with good intentions: A guide to evolving climate policies in BC
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, an economics professor of mine used to say back in the late 1980s. Concerned about the…
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The new school year begins with more affordable child care and better education funding for all ages — but challenges remain in the education sector
It’s back-to-school season and this September, BC students of all ages are returning to schools facing a very different funding environment. That’s because in its…
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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
September 2018 Download 3.37 MB12 pages In this issue: Time to change our electoral system Deep poverty: The BC government can and should end it…
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Building a Stronger Foundation of Basic Workplace Rights for BC Workers
CCPA-BC Response to the BC Law Institute Consultation Paper on the Employment Standards Act Download 1.54 MB 21 pages The CCPA-BC has a long track…
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Land wealth is a massive source of inequality in BC
Many of us worry about income inequality in BC, and so we should. But here’s the thing—bad as income inequality is, wealth inequality is worse.…
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Report on Mount Polley and Brazil tailings spills points to systemic problems with mining industry
Major issues remain unresolved four years after catastrophic Mount Polley dam failure READ THE FULL REPORT HERE VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Mount Polley mining disaster…
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Tailings dam spills at Mount Polley and Mariana
Chronicles of disasters foretold Download 7.07 MB64 pages This paper explores the many parallels between the tailings dam spills at the Mount Polley mine in…
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