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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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Mapping Political Influence
Political donations and lobbying by the fossil fuel industry in BC Download 3.91 MB32 pages This study examines the political reach of the fossil fuel industry…
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Infographics: The fossil fuel industry’s access to the BC government
Mapping Political Influence examines the political reach of the fossil fuel industry in British Columbia, as evidenced by donations to political parties and lobbying efforts by…
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$5.2 million in political donations and more than 22,000 lobbying contacts
Study reveals scale of influence by fossil fuel industry on BC government, public officials READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – A new study finds…
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5.2 million reasons the fossil fuel industry has the BC government’s ear
The role of big money and corporate lobbying in BC politics has become a major issue as we head into the May provincial election. It’s…
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Precarious work a reality across employment sectors in BC
Across the world, one of the features of contemporary labour markets is the rising level of precarious employment. We know that labour markets look quite…
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Province needs to focus on value-added forestry rather than LNG pipedream
With the BC government’s promise of tens of thousands of jobs in a new liquefied natural gas industry in tatters, the province’s long-neglected forest industry…
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How one company’s “value-added” plans are opening the door to more log exports and fewer forest industry jobs
Second of Two Parts For many years, TimberWest has exported more raw logs from British Columbia than all of its competitors save one. And a…
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The Great Log Export Drain: BC government pursues elusive LNG dreams as more than 3,600 forest industry jobs lost to raw log exports
First of Two Parts Its members include the most powerful players in the province’s forest industry, companies that do the vast majority of all logging…
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It’s time for the BC government to curb raw log exports and boost value-added forestry jobs, say unions and environmental groups
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Between 2013 and 2016, more raw logs were shipped from BC than during any other four-year period…
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The Great Log Export Drain
Download 128.35 KB9 pages This short two-part report shows that between 2013 and 2016, more raw logs were shipped from BC than during any other…
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A BC poverty reduction plan is long overdue
As the BC government prepares to table its budget on February 21 and political parties try to convince British Columbians to vote for them in…
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Highlights from BC Budget 2017
The 2017 BC Budget was just released; here’s our analysis so far: MSP goes down for families with income under $120,000 MSP premiums are going…
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